8 (previously 937) SNOWS COURT NW
Year Built
1884
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D. Vogt, 2022
Documents
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/Owner
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
A side view of the tiny house. (D. Vogt, 2022)
A vintage photo of the rows facing the long alley. (Unknown)
The rear facades of Nos. 8 and 9 Snows Court. (D. Vogt, Dec. 2022)