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822 25TH STREET NW

YEAR BUILT:

1878

HISTORY

On the west side of 25th St. (Nos. 822-828) are four relatively plain individual buildings with varying roof heights and greater depth than the houses across the street. No. 822 is a detached, two and a half stories high and three bays wide brick house. It was built in 1878 for P. Hough, in an Italianate style. It has a raised first floor with a brick water table. The windows have angular chipstone bracketed lintels. The yard has an iron fence. The wood cornice is bracketed and dentiled, with a projecting eave.

The house is notable for its depth, with rows of eight windows along what appears to be a rear addition, which also has a separate entrance. The dwelling has approximately 2,880 square feet.

RESIDENT(S)/ OWNER(S)

1880 - Pleasant C. Hough and family, 1880 Census
1880 - Margaret Bruce, (husband John, deceased); George Lowry, polisher; 1880 City Directory
1880 - George Lowry, publisher, 1880 City Directory
1890 - William Barron, lab; Patrick Barron, clerk; Thomas Barron, bartender, 1890 City Directory
1910 - Lawrence Gredlein, brewer; Richard Schmidt , brewer; 1910 City Directory
1963 - Alexander, Helen and Mary Wiskup
1998 - 2019 - Courtney Howaner and Michael Singer
2019 - 2025 Nikhil and Neha Rajpal, then Neeraj and Anjali Rajpal

RECOLLECTIONS

SOURCE MATERIAL

FBA History Project, Foggy Bottom Historic District Walking Tour, "Story Book Row and Foggy Bottom's "Octagon" House." https://theclio.com/tour/2098/12
Foggy Bottom News, June 1963, member directory
EHT Traceries, historic area house survey and photo, 1983
U.S. Census, 1880
City Directories

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DOCUMENTS

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