2413 I STREET NW
Year Built
1885
History
No. 2413 is an end unit that borders the passageway to Snows Court. This house was part of a group (Nos. 2413-2419) that were built by Duvall and Marr in 1885. All of the houses originally had two bays and two and half stories. The house features a flat front and transom over door. In 1890, Thomas Alexander owned four row houses from 2413 - 2419 I St.
In March 2025, construction began to add five new exterior windows facing the passageway. The upper exterior wall is two bricks deep, and lower part of the wall where window wells are located are three bricks in depth.
Resident/Owner
1890 - Thomas H. Alexander, owner
1914 - Vacant
1958 - Mr. & Mrs. Nathaniel Davis
David and Marge White
2021 - Mary Jane Raffii
Recollections
Source Material
Boyds City Directory, 1914
Foggy Bottom News, June 1958
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
Street view, with passageway to Snows Court (D. Vogt, May 2022)
Street view, with passageway to Snows Court (D. Vogt, May 2022)
Semi-feral cat, Kitty Snows, graced I St with her presence beginning in 2021. (D. Vogt, 2021)
Marge White in her car in front of 2513 I St. (1950s, Vogt collection)
2413 I St - Owner Dave White at door (summer, prior to 2005) (Ellie Becker photo collection, DC Hist Center)
Far left house (2413) original rear facade in the 1950s. (private collection, Morella Hanson)
The metro line construction on 2450 block of I Street. Vibrations from the work caused damage to several houses on the block. (private collection, Morella Hanson)