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900 25TH STREET NW

Year Built

1880s

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D. Vogt, 2022

Documents

1950 Census - Charles Skipwith (head of household), Margaret (wife), Joseph and Willie J (sons)

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/Owner

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

The side view of house with public property green space side lot. (D. Vogt, 2022)

Illustration of 900 25th St, by Elizabeth Beers, GW, (FBNews, May 1981)

Workers at the corner house and row in the 1950s, (DC Public Library)

900-914 25th St Houses during and after renovation (Wash Post May 30, 1954)

House owners, Denise and Chad Navarrete. (Fall, 2024)

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