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12 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 extremely simple rowhouses, lacking any ornamental or architectural design. The doors are at ground level, and generally lack ornamental features. The buildings end without a cornice.

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

Recollections

Source Material 

FBA History Project, FB Historic District Walking Tour. "Snows Court Row Houses ." https://theclio.com/tour/2098/6
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)

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