12 (previously 2452) SNOWS COURT NW
Year Built
1884
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D. Vogt, 2022
Documents
History
The cluster of houses at 8-20 Snows Court were designed and built in 1884 by Oliver Cox for developer Edwin Greer. The central upper window is an unusual in this row of houses. Nos. 10-20 are simple two-story rowhouses, with doors at ground level. The buildings end without a cornice. The houses were renumbered in the 1950s.
Resident Robert Harris was "an Assistant Professor of Law at G.W. specializing in torts and procedures and she (Mrs. Harris) teaches a special class for brain injured children at University Park, MD"
Resident/Owner
11/1958 - Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harris
1963 - Irma Goodwin
Recollections
Source Material
FBA History Project, FB Historic District Walking Tour. "Snows Court Row Houses ." https://theclio.com/tour/2098/6
Foggy Bottom News, June 1963, member directory
Foggy Bottom Association News, Feb. 1961;
Rhea Radin, "From the Bottom Up," Foggy Bottom News, June 1959;
"Snows Court," FB News Nov. 1958
George Beveridge, "City's Foggy Bottom See Test Ground of Urban Renewal," Evening Star, Oct. 23, 1955;
EHT Traceries, historic area building survey, Nov. 1983
Crane Collection, photo, 1950s
Kitchen renovation in Snows Court, 1950s (Crane Collection)
Once all red brick, the paint colors distinguish the houses in the row. (D.Vogt, June 2025)