14 (previously 2448) SNOWS COURT NW

Year Built

1884

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D. Vogt, 2022

Documents

Article talks about FB alley resident, Donna St. John, and alley housing, Wash. Post, Met Life section, by Linda Wheeler, Aug. 8, 1983 (The article has photos but are not included here.)

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Continuation of Document 1 about alley life in Snows court and other areas, by author Linda Wheeler, Wash. Post , Aug. 8, 1983

History

The facade of this two story house has an unusual placement of windows. The upper level double hung window is centered. The cluster of houses at 8-20 Snows Court were designed and built in 1884 by Oliver Cox for developer Edwin Greer. 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. This house was extensively updated in 2003, but features original brick walls and hardwood beams.

Resident/Owner

1958 - Elinor Goodspeed

Recollections

Source Material

A 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; and June 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