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D. Vogt, 2022

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 (white, b. 1825 VA), widow, and family of two daughters, Anne E. Price (b. 1852 DC) and Mary E. Saltmer (b. 1858 DC), a son in law plate printer George E. Saltmer (b. 1850 PA), and two granddaughters Edith L. ( b. 1875 DC) and Nellie B. (b. 1878 DC) Price (Census); Pleasant died in 1883 (Critic and Record June 20, 1883) (Census). Also living in the house per the City Directory were Margaret Ash, widow, Margaret Bruce, Widow, (husband John, deceased); George Lowry, polisher.
1890 - William Barron, laborer; Patrick Barron, clerk; Thomas Barron, bartender (City Directory)
1900 - John A. Feeney (b. 1835 Ireland), day laborer, wife Winney (b. 1840 Ireland), son Michael (b. 1870 DC), plumber, and daughter Catherine (b. 1875 DC), government clerk (Census)
1910 - Louis Litchtenfels (b. 1868 Germany), wife Louisa (b. 1876 Germany (Census). City Directory includes Lawrence Gredlein (b. 1874 Germany), brewer; Richard Schmidt (b. 1881 Germany), brewer, and John Mayer (b. 1846 Germany), bartender.
1920 - Louis and Louisa Lichtenfels and five boarders (all born in VA) - William Powell (b. 1899), laborer at ice company, Elwood Weeks (b. 1892), laborer at ice company, Charles Binns (b. 1885), laborer at ice company, and Jack Breeden (b. 1899), driver at ice company, and his wife Jennie (b. 1904).
1923 - Annie G. Wiggins died (Wash. Times, May 17, 1908)
1930 - Camden Duffin (b. 1863 MD), laborer, and wife Sarah E. (b. 1877 DC); Lewis James (b. 1883 DC), laborer and wife Mabel (b. 1890 DC), servant, and daughters Helen (b. 1906 DC), servant, and Clarice B. (b. 1917 DC); William Johnson (b. 1898 DC), laborer, wife Beatrice (b. 1901 DC), maid, daughter Margaret M (b. 1919 DC), sone James (b. 1930 DC); and boarder James Briscoe (b. 1893 DC) cement finisher (Census)
1940 - Harson Rucker (b. 1880 VA), janitor, and wife Nora (b. 1882 VA); Horace Rucker (b. 1916 VA), printer, wife Mary (b. 1916 George), son Kenneth (b. 1937 DC), and daughter Carole (b. 1939 DC) (Census)
1950 - Charles Johnson (b. 1895 DC), widowed janitor at a church, and seven "roomers" - Bertha Hynes (b. 1920 DC), charwoman, Plato Hynes (b. 1919 OK), butcher at a retail grocery, Samuel Hynes (b. 1946 OK), Joseph F. Hines (b. 1948 DC), Angeline James (b. 1888 DC), "working" (but no occupation identified), separated from her husband, Louilla Watts (b. 1901 SC), laundress at a laundry, Neeley Watts (b. 1880 SC) (Census). NOTE - for more on Angeline James see the House History Page for 2507 I Street NW.
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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