920 25TH STREET NW
YEAR BUILT:
1885
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(S)/ OWNER(S)
1958 -- Dick and Helena Barnes
1950 -- Frances Whipple
1959 -- Colonel Ed Murphy
RECOLLECTIONS
"Dick and Helena Barnes bought if first and had no idea of leaving it until the Atomic Energy Commission moved halfway to Frederick [MD]. Then Frances Whipple bought it and cherished it for the few months until her untimely death. Now, Colonel Ed Murphy has moved in and has again reconverted its personality." Excerpt from Foggy Bottom News, "From the Bottom Up," by Rhea Radin, Jan. 1959
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, January and June 1959 and June 1958
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DOCUMENTS
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