935 26TH STREET NW

Year Built

1970 (earlier house existed 1920s)

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D. Vogt, 2022

Documents

History

This modernist house is four stories in front, but the rear elevation is only two stories in height in 2003. The Historic Preservation Review Board approved a request by owner/architect Bruno Freschi to construct an addition in the rear of the house to make the building height consistent. In 2022, this house was listed with 4 beds, 4.5 baths, 4,720 sq. ft.

Resident/Owner

1921 - James Waugh, chauffeur and Albert Waugh, age 10, b. 1911, DC
2003 - Bruno Freschi and V. Ainsworth

Recollections

Source Material

HPRB Staff Report and Recommendation, June 26, 2003
Sumner School Archives DC, Briggs School student register, 1921-22
DDOT Library image, #21
Hinckley Pottery web site, 2025

A side view of the front entry stairs of cement and a brick lower landing area. (D. Vogt, May 2022)

View of 26th St. before major demolition of the row houses and other structures. (DDOT image, #21) The corner row house (bottom left) was once home to Hinckley Pottery. According to Susan Weber, "they occupied the basement and first floor."