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838 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVENUE NW
Year Built
1886
History
828-838 and 842-44 New Hampshire Ave. (as well as 2400-2416 I St.) were designed and built in 1886 by James H. Grant, for speculator Samuel Norments. The houses are two bays wide and two stories high and feature decorated cornices and segmental arches over the windows and doors. As noted in the the Historic District Nomination, "they are simple buildings, but pleasant in scale and proportion."
No. 838 has a door with wide pilasters and entablature.
Resident/Owner
Recollections
Source Material
FBA History Project, Foggy Bottom Historic District Walking Tour, "Architectural Variety on New Hampshire Avenue." https://theclio.com/tour/2098/14
EHT Traceries, historic area building survey, Nov. 1983
A sidewalk view of the entry with a low brick retaining wall and brick steps. (D. Vogt, May 2022)
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