920 25TH STREET NW
Year Built
1885
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D. Vogt, 2022
Documents
History
Danenhower & Son built, designed, and owned Nos. 916-922 in 1885. The houses are brick, two stories, and two bays with brick arches over the windows and a continuous cornice of brick stepped with a bracket appearance.
The narrow arched passageway between Nos. 918 and 920 has a brick pavement. It allows access to the back yards of residents of these houses and borders the back yards of the houses on Hughes Mews alley.
In 2023, this house had 2 beds, 2 baths and 1,042 sq. ft. It sold for $939, 170.
Resident/Owner
1958 -- Dick and Helena Barnes
1950 -- Frances Whipple
1959 -- Colonel Ed Murphy
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, "From the Bottom Up,"by Rhea Radin, June 1959 and June 1958
The sidewalk view with a stacked timber curb and brick path to side entry. (D. Vogt, May 2022)