909 25TH STREET NW
Year Built
1874 or 1860
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D.Vogt, 2022
Documents
History
The house was built by John and Margaret Leonard. No. 909 has a brick foundation with vinyl siding. It was built in 1874 (?) but renovated in 1938. It is notable for the exquisite tulip pattern on the front cast-iron stairway.
Resident/Owner
1860 - John Leonard and family. According to author, Alison Hoagland, John and Margaret Leonard built this house in the 1860s. John Leonard had recently immigrated from Ireland and bought two frame buildings on I Street. He moved his family into the house on the corner of 25th and I Street. The Leonard's lived next door to this house, above their since demolished grocery store. The house was rented for a while and then their son and his family lived here by 1900.
1880 - Michael Clancy and family, Patrick Welch and wife, renters
1900 - John Leonard's son and family
1958 -- Mrs. Jean D Huber
1958 ?- Richard Sullivan, Lee Nevill
Recollections
Source Material
Foggy Bottom News, June 1958
FBA History Project, "The Historic District's Longest Row." Clio: Your Guide to History. https://theclio.com/tour/2098/18
"Newcomers to the Bottom," FBNew, March 1958
The Row House in Washington, DC: A History, UVA Press, 2023, Alison Hoagland, p. 161
The sidewalk view of the house with the original decorative metal stairs and rails.