939 26TH STREET NW

YEAR BUILT:

1957 (earlier house 1921)

HISTORY

The Colonial Arms Apartments are part of the Historic District, although they were built in 1957. The small apartment house has 25 units. The apartment building occupies the space where several rowhouses once were situated.

RESIDENT(S)/ OWNER(S)

1921 - M. Sephas, laundress, and James Reed, age 9, b. 1912, DC
1960 -- James Parker (937 26th St)

RECOLLECTIONS

SOURCE MATERIAL

Sumner School Archives, DC, Briggs School student register, 1921-22

GALLERY

A sidewalk view of the front with a low brick retaining wall and curved metal canopy over front entry. (D. Vogt, May 2022)

DOCUMENTS

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