2502 I STREET NW
Year Built
1958
History
The current house is a two-story semi-detached brick house with a recessed curved brick entry. The cornice is simple, without any ornamentation and flat roof. The house matches 2504 I Street, except the small windows next to the front door do not line up.
As reported in the March 1958 issue of the FBNews, FB resident, "Pat Lauriat is building at 2502. Her new house has 2 large bedrooms and a big living room. She plans to rent her small house on Hughes Court."
In June 1966, the house and garden were viewed by many on the first FB house and garden tour.
Resident/Owner
1890 - Patrick Farrell, plumber (City Directory)
1900 - Daniel electrician, b. 1868 in D.C., wife Lily, b. 1869, West Virginia and their four sons. John, Daniel Jr., Rodger and William who were all born in D.C. (Census)
1901 - Michael J. Colbert and Loring Williamson trustees sell the house to F. T. McIntyre for $1,300. (Evening Star, Mar. 16, 1901, p. 28)
1908 - John J. McGinniss, died at age 51 while living at this address. He was born in 1857. (Wash. Post, Apr. 10, 1908, p.3)
1910 - Minnie Gallaway, b. 1877, Va,, William J. husband, proprietor, b. 1870, Va. and daughter Lucile, born in D.C. in 1901 (Census)
1914 - Louis C. Franke
1921 - J. Bailey, government employee/laborer and Katie Bailey, age 6, b. 1915, PA and Bessie Ford, age 8, b. 1913, DC
1920 - Georgia Riggins, b. 1894, Ga., brother Joseph Wallace , b.1888, Va. a laborer and lodgers Frank Miller and Frank Thomas, both laborers. (Census)
1923-1924 - Robert and Pearl Carmichael (City Directory). Mabel Carmichael, b. 1917 in Mississippi, is listed as living here. In 1921, she attends HP Briggs Elementary School and a P. Carmichael who works as a maid is listed as her guardian on school records.
1929 - Fred and wife Mary Hamilton Harris. She died (Evening Star, Sept. 1, 1929 p. 7)
1930 - 1940 -William (b. 1895, Md) and wife Mary ( b. 1891, D.C. ) Winder. They were home owners. He as an auto mechanic and his wife was a laundress. (City Directory, Census)
1941 - Betty Ruth Lassiter, (b. 1921) at age 20, marries Benjamin Franklin Tillman, age 22, of 2409 I St. (Wash. Afro American, Dec. 6, 1941, p. 26)
1946 - Claude Sneed (b. 1936)
1948 - Joseph and Essie M _____ (Wash. Afro Amer., Aug. 7th, 1948, p. 10)
1950 - Percy Washington, (b. 1901, D.C., stockman), his son, Paul (b. 1935, Okla., nephew Clyde (b. 1936, D.C.) and a roomer Essie May Ferguson (see above if same person). In 1954, this address is listed as having a telephone. (City Directory, Census)
1958 - Pat or Patience Lauriat, listed in 1960 as being the owner and the house still as a telephone. (City Directory)
1963 - Betty Anne Newman
1966 - Mr. and Mrs. Allen C Davis
1970 - John W. Bobbitt (City Directory)
-2021 - Paul McKee, sold house in 2021 (Prior to living on I St, he lived in Hughes Mews.)
- 2024 Christa and Evan Bryant
2024 -
Recollections
See House History 2512 I St for more information on the Carmichael family.
Source Material
Boyds City Directory, 1914
Foggy Bottom News, "Foggy Bottom Readies for its First House and Garden Tour June 5," May 1966
FBA History Project, "Rows with Spacious Front Gardens." Clio: Your Guide to History. https://theclio.com/tour/2098/10
"New Houses going Up," Foggy Bottom News, March 1958
Foggy Bottom News, June 1963, member directory
Sumner School Archives, Briggs School student register, 1921-22
Street view (D. Vogt, May 2022)