2409 I STREET NW
Year Built
1909
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D. Vogt, 2022
Documents
History
Nos. 2407-2411 have typical flat-fronts and simple ornamentation, but are distinguished by wide stone lintels accenting the windows and corbelled brick that decorates the dentilled cornices. They are two-stories high and three-bays wide with a flat façade. They are brick in a Flemish bond pattern.
This row was designed in 1909 by A.H. Beers for builder Simon Oppenheimer.
In May 1909, the renters in 2407-11 I Street were all African Americans: Charles Harper, a rigger for a granite company, William J. Davis, a messenger for the War Department; William T. Nolan, a serviceman at an auto supply store; and Jesse White, a cook in a lunch room. All of them had other members of the household who worked as well -- children, lodgers, a sister-in-law (A. Hoagland)
Resident/Owner
1914 - William J Davis
1958 - Elizabeth Harter
1983 - Charles M. Bruce
Recollections
Source Material
EHT Traceries historic building survey, 1983
Foggy Bottom News, June 1958
Boyds City Directory, 1914
FBA History Project, "Working-Class Row Houses." Clio: Your Guide to History. https://theclio.com/tour/2098/3
FBA History Project, "The Historic District's Longest Row." Clio: Your Guide to History. https://theclio.com/tour/2098/18
The Row House in Washington DC: A History, UVA Press, Alison Hoagland, 2023 (p. 244)
Street view (D. Vogt, May 2022)