835 25TH STREET NW
Year Built
1875
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D. Vogt, 2022
Documents
History
This house (with a door on 25th St.) has been joined with the house formerly designated 2428 I St. (which has a door on I St.). In 1983, the rear addition was a separate residence. While the house doesn't showcase decorate architectural elements, it does illustrate the changing housing patterns found in Foggy Bottom. In 2022 real estate listings showed the house had 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths and an area of 1,960 sq ft.
The house on the corner (2428 I St.) was a grocery store in the early 1900s. In the early 1960s, the Marg-Ann Beauty Salon occupied that corner (with a front entrance on I Street).
Resident/Owner
Mrs. Anna McDonough, grocer, 1914
Recollections
"I always say this is the Foggy Bottom Post office, " says Glady Gillian, proprietor of the Marg-Ann Beauty Shop. She keeps keys for her neighbors and accepts deliveries for them if they are out of town or at work." August 6, 1972 Evening Star newspaper article.
Source Material
FBA History Project, Foggy Bottom Historic District Walking Tour, "The Center of the Historic District" https://theclio.com/tour/2098/11
Evening Star, "Foggy Bottom Feels a Lifestyle Fading, August 6, 1972 by Nancy Beckham.
EHT Traceries historic house survey, 11/1983
A sidewalk view of side facing 25th street with black fencing. (D.Vogt, May 2022)
The sidewalk view front area with fencing. (D. Vogt, May 2022)