20 (previously 933) 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. Nos. 10-20 are simple two-story rowhouses, with doors at ground level. The windows have shutters. The buildings end without a cornice. The houses were renumbered in the 1950s.
Resident/Owner
- Tamara Lanham
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;
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
The rowhouse faces an open courtyard that is often used for community gatherings. (D. Vogt, Dec. 2022)
View west from 20 Snows Court in the 1950s. (Robitscher collection, 1050s)