
900 25TH STREET NW
YEAR BUILT:
1880s
HISTORY
This two story two-bay rectangular brick house is the first of the 14 houses at 900 to 922 25th St.. The first six buildings (Nos. 900-910) illustrate how decorative brickwork adds visual interest to modestly-scaled buildings. The houses are two-stories high and two-bays wide. They feature alternating front door placements, and a variety of arches, pediments, and broken pediments above the doors. They feature a corbel motif at the eaves of the brick cornice and molded brick segmental arched six-light grid windows.
The black metal fence is not original to the property. The lawn area on I Street is maintained by 900 25th Street owners.
During the 1910 Census, William Bradley (b. 1843, MD) lived in the house. He served in the Union Army and was a merchant in a candy store.
In 2024, the Navarretes began renovations to the house to create a lower level. This required months of excavation as the soil was removed using buckets that were then emptied into a truck on street level.
RESIDENT(S)/ OWNER(S)
1910 - William Bradley, Union Army
-- 1958 John F. Christian
2021 ... Denise and Chad Navarrete
RECOLLECTIONS
SOURCE MATERIAL
FBA History Project, Foggy Bottom Historic District Walking Tour, "The Historic District's Longest Row." https://theclio.com/entry/144546
Foggy Bottom News, June 1958
EHT Traceries, historic area building survey, 11/1983
DC Public Library photo, 1950s
U.S. Census, 1910 (ED 36, Image 20, line 81) and 1950 Census

