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8 (previously 937) SNOWS COURT NW

YEAR BUILT:

1884

HISTORY

No. 8 and its twin No. 9 are perhaps the smallest houses in Snows Court. No. 8 is painted red brick, two stories high and two bays wide. Nevertheless, it is 11 feet wide and measures 528 square feet. It has a transom over the door and segmental arches over the door and windows. It has a three step brick stoop. The cluster of houses at Nos. 8-20 Snows Court were designed and built in 1884 by Oliver Cox for developer Edwin Greer. The houses were renumbered in the 1950s.

RESIDENT(S)/ OWNER(S)

1963 - Betty Winspear

RECOLLECTIONS

SOURCE MATERIAL

FBA History Project, FB Historic District Walking Tour. "Snows Court Row Houses ." https://theclio.com/tour/2098/6
Foggy Bottom News, June 1963, member directory
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

GALLERY

DOCUMENTS

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