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< Back 2515 I STREET NW Year Built 1959 Click photo below to see full sized image. D. Vogt, 2022 Documents Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ History No. 2515 was built in 1959 and likely replaced wood frame houses that were present at the site. It is a modern three-story brick house. It was built for developer R. Elridge. The house has 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths and comprises 2,860 square feet. Resident/Owner 1914 - Vacant 1959 - R. Elridge Recollections ​ Source Material Boyds City Directory, 1914 FBA History Project, "Rows with Spacious Front Gardens." Clio: Your Guide to History. https://theclio.com/tour/2098/10 Street view (D. Vogt, May 2022) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

< Back 955 26TH STREET NW Year Built 1986 Click photo below to see full sized image. D. Vogt, 2022 Documents Download Article on Griffin Developer, FB News July 1999 Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ History The northern corner of 26th Street is not included in the Historic District. It is occupied by The Griffin condominium with 82 residences. It was built in 1985 and designed by architect David M. Schwarz for owner Eddie Lenkin. Over the door is a commissioned 3 1/2 foot square cast bronze griffin by DC Artist John Dreyfuss. Prior to Construction of the Griffin, the area along 26th Street was occupied by 19th century row houses that were still standing at the time of EHT/Traceries survey in 1983. No. 947 was constructed by Irish immigrant builder Peter McCartney in 1886 for owner John Irving. It was a 2 story rectangular brick building with a pronounced bay to the left, with decorative brick segmental arches crowing the door and the windows. A "variety of brick work adds charm & beauty to otherwise simple [building]." Nos. 949 to 955 were row houses built by J.W. Serrvi for owner A.B. Hines in 1892. They were similar to the earlier McCartney building (No. 947). They were two story, two bay brick row houses with wrought iron steps leading to a raised first floor. Segmental arches were present over the windows and the motifs were carried to each of the four houses with corbelled cornices. The corner of 26th and K Street was previously occupied by an extraordinary building (2534 K St.) built in 1889 as a brick store/dwelling. The building served as a grocery store and residence for the Peter McIntyre family from 1889 to approximately the 1920s. It was then an apartment building, a rooming house (for male students and government workers, 1930s), a Sanitary Grocery store (predecessor to Safeway, 1930s), the law and real estate office for the Fitzgerald Company, which was involved with Foggy Bottom redevelopment (1960s-70s), an antique store (1940s), and the Jill Hinckley pottery school and store (1970s-80s). Resident/Owner 1986 - Developer Eddie Lenkin Recollections ​ Source Material EHT Traceries survey 11/1983F Carlton Knight III ,“The Architect’s Neighborly Approach: Modest Architecture” Washington Post Feb. 1, 1986 FB News, July 1999 A sidewalk view of the building and the John Dreyfuss sculpture above the front entry. (D. Vogt, May 2022) ​ Prior to the condo, the corner rowhouse built in 1891 had several uses. (DC History Center) ​ A December day with housing on the left and park area on the right of 26th Street. (D. Vogt, Dec. 2022) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

< Back 902 HUGHES MEWS NW Year Built 1963 Click photo below to see full sized image. D. Vogt, 2022 Documents Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ History This is one of three large brick houses built for A.L. Wheeler in 1963. It is attached to No. 901. Resident/Owner ​ Recollections ​ Source Material FBA History Project, . "Hughes Mews - Foggy Bottom's Other Alley." Clio: Your Guide to History. August 25, 2022. Accessed January 4, 2023. https://theclio.com/tour/2098/7 It's tight quarters in the Mews where one house's backyard closes in on another's front entry. (D. Vogt, Dec. 2022) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

< Back 906 25TH STREET NW Year Built 1880s Click photo below to see full sized image. D. Vogt, 2022 Documents Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ History This two story two-bay rectangular brick house is the first of the 14 houses at 900 to 922 25th St.. The first six buildings (Nos. 900-910) illustrate how decorative brickwork adds visual interest to modestly-scaled buildings. The houses are two-stories high and two-bays wide. They feature alternating front door placements, and a variety of arches, pediments, and broken pediments above the doors. They feature a corbel motif at the eaves of the brick cornice and molded brick segmental arched six-light grid windows. The front entry of No. 906 has a broken pediment and wood pilasters around the door. In 2022, this house had 2 beds, 1 bath, and was 1,040 sq ft. Resident/Owner 1958 -- Dorothy F. Cascioni, Katherine Helser 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, June 1958 EHT Traceries, historic area building survey, 11/1983 The sidewalk view with low brick border and walkway. (D. Vogt, May 2022) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

< Back 2421 I STREET NW Year Built 1889 Click photo below to see full sized image. D. Vogt, 2022 Documents Download 2421 I St., Obituary Dick Burrell, FBNews, April 1958 Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ History The group of houses at Nos. 2421 to 2427 was built in 1889 for Wm. Tayloe Snyder, designed by Chas. Burden, and built by Joseph Burden. According to the Historic District Nomination, these houses "offer simple interpretations of the English vernacular design that gained popularity with the emergence of the English Arts and Crafts style. This early use is unusual and indicates a level of stylistic awareness that was not typical of Foggy Bottom.... The recessed entries and individually proportioned fenestration add to the charming character of this row." Houses 2423 - 2427 I St. were built as an investment for the Tayloe family. They held on to them for 60 years and were initially rented to white workers. (A. Hoagland) 2421 is a two story, two bay rectangular brick house with unusual proportions. The very wide cornice uses a repeating flat pendant motif and is delineated by a brick string course. Star tie rods appear between the first and second bays. The first floor has inoperable 12 pane picture window and windows on the second floor are much smaller and are grouped towards the center of the building and are flanked by narrow shutters. (EHT Traceries) Resident/Owner 1914 - Reuben Doyle 1950 - Phyllis Stockman 1958 - Richard (Dick) Burrell 1983 - Millard T and E.B. Sellman Recollections ​ Source Material Boyd's City Directory, 1914 EHT Traceries, historic row house survey, 11/1983 FBA History Project, "Working-Class Row Houses." Clio: Your Guide to History. https://theclio.com/tour/2098/3 FBA History Project, "The Historic District's Longest Row." Clio: Your Guide to History. https://theclio.com/tour/2098/18 The Row House in Washington DC: A History, UVA Press, Alison Hoagland, 2023 (p. 165, 244) Street view (D. Vogt, 2022) ​ 2400 Block I St street party 1981 (Vogt collection) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

< Back 902 25TH STREET NW Year Built 1880s Click photo below to see full sized image. D. Vogt, 2022 Documents Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ History This two story two-bay rectangular brick house is the first of the 14 houses at 900 to 922 25th St.. The first six buildings (Nos. 900-910) illustrate how decorative brickwork adds visual interest to modestly-scaled buildings. The houses are two-stories high and two-bays wide. They feature alternating front door placements, and a variety of arches, pediments, and broken pediments above the doors. They feature a corbel motif at the eaves of the brick cornice and molded brick segmental arched six-light grid windows. The front door of No. 902 has wood pilasters and a triangular pediment. Resident/Owner 1958 -- Angelina B. Brain 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, June 1958 The sidewalk view with brick walk and black chain link fence/gate. (D. Vogt, May 2022) ​ An Illustration of 900-902 25th St, by Elizabeth Beers, GW ( FBNews, May 1981) ​ A view of the rows in 2006. (G. Mimms collection, 2021) ​ 900-914 25th St Houses during and after renovation (Wash Post May 30, 1954) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

< Back 809 25TH STREET NW Year Built 1890 Click photo below to see full sized image. D. Vogt, 2022 Documents Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ History This group of houses (803-813 25th St.), built in 1890, differ from the relatively plain fronts of typical Foggy Bottom houses. As stated in the Historic District Nomination, the houses' "vernacular design elements" include "bellcast roofs, lancet windows, Flemish gables, and peaked lintels." Neighborhood lore indicates that photographs of the houses were circulated in Germany to attract brewery workers. In fact, the houses were built five years before the Heurich Brewery arrived in Foggy Bottom, relocating from 20th St. (five blocks away), in 1895. But the "story book" houses could have appealed to German immigrants. The houses were designed by architect Chas. E. Burden, and built by Frank N. Carver for Chas. Early and J.P. Jones. This team was also responsible for 801 25th Street, as well as 2433 H Street and 800-810 New Hampshire Avenue. No. 809 is a two story, three bay brick row house with yellow stucco. It is similar in appearance to No. 807. The windows between the two houses are centered. No. 809 has a broken pediment above the front door instead of a transom and the first floor windows have become a pair sharing a continuous sill and lintel. Resident/Owner ​ Recollections ​ Source Material FBA History Project, Foggy Bottom Historic District Walking Tour, "Story Book Row and Foggy Bottom's "Octagon" House." https://theclio.com/tour/2098/12 EHT Traceries, historic area house survey, 1983 The sidewalk view of house with fence. (D, Vogt, July 2022) ​ A view of 25th St and H Sts. (FBNews 1966) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

The relationship between the George Washington University and the residents of Foggy Bottom and the West End is a complicated one. A great deal of negative history regarding GW’s expansion resulted in litigation and in a very strong “us versus them” mentality. It is the current FBA’s philosophy that a positive relationship between the neighborhood and the university benefits everyone. As the university has grown, permanent residents have experienced challenges. These include increased noise, trash, competition for parking spaces, and – to a lesser extent – vandalism. GW must be part of the solution. That belief guided a group of neighbors to approach GW directly. We proceeded thoughtfully and consistently, meeting with a broad range of GW administrators. We also reached out for guidance to MPD leadership, and to our counterparts in other District neighborhoods where colleges and universities are located. We are actively involved in contributions to the University's Hand Our advocacy has contributed to the following beneficial changes to GW policies regarding students living off campus: ​ 1. Beginning with students entering GW in September 2014, all students are required to live on campus for three years instead of two. GW’s construction of District House, the largest dormitory on campus, helps to make that possible. ​ 2. GW’s judicial policies have been tightened significantly. Students violating noise and trash ordinances are subject to disciplinary probation after three offenses. While specific details regarding how particular students were sanctioned are not available publicly because of the federal Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act (FERPA), student residents of several houses have been sanctioned. ​ The majority of GW students are law-abiding and respectful – of one another, and of the community. Yet we need to deal with that minority of individuals who cause trouble, and we need to deal with them effectively. The challenge is that new individuals move into the neighborhood at least annually, and lessons learned by student residents one year are not conveyed to student residents the next year. GW and the neighborhood cooperate to ensure students are aware of trash and noise regulations, for example. Many neighbors believe that the university can be a positive force in the community. The FBA has developed strong working relationships with the GWU Office of Community Affairs, members of the Interfraternity Council, the Panhellenic Association, and the Multicultural Greek Council, as well as the GW Student Association. These relationships have facilitated cooperation on neighborhood projects, like the University's Day of Service events, where student contribute their time and amazing energy clearing leaves from the neighborhood's green spaces, dog and kid's parks and tree lawns. If you are interested in working with the FBA to ensure a strong, positive relationship with GW and its students, please email president@foggybottomassociation.org . ​ Renovated Thurston Hall Opens Fall 2022 ​ ​ The George Washington University completed substantial renovations to Thurston Hall on 19th and F streets NW just in time for the Fall 2022 semester. ​ Thurston is the largest dorm on campus, housing more than 1,000 students, more than half of whom are first years. The building had not been renovated since it was built in 1929. The university held a design competition to select an architect who would effectively address the need for historic preservation with the requirements of a 21st century college. The new building has a light-filled atrium with plenty of common areas for students to meet, study and socialize. More Information and resources concerning the Thurston Hall and other GWU building projects - follow the FBA newsletter and the GWU The Hatchet newsletter. Are you experiencing trouble because of nearby student renters? Is your sleep interrupted? Have you noticed more rats because trash is mishandled? Send a note to John George, FBA President with details – including the address(es) of the property(ies).

< Back 22 SNOWS COURT NW Year Built 1888 Click photo below to see full sized image. D, Vogt, 2022 Documents Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ History This is one of a cluster of three row houses built by E. Pitcher for Eugene Bettes in 1888. No. 22 is a two story brick row house with a door on its right side that opens onto a courtyard it shares with No. 21. It has simple brick arches over the windows, but a more elaborate bracketed cornice along the front of the house. Resident/Owner 1888 - Eugene Bettes Recollections ​ Source Material A History Project, FB Historic District Walking Tour. "Snows Court Row Houses ." https://theclio.com/tour/2098/6 Foggy Bottom Association News, Feb. 1961 Rhea Radin, "From the Bottom Up," Foggy Bottom News, June 1959 George Beveridge, "City's Foggy Bottom See Test Ground of Urban Renewal," Evening Star, Oct. 23, 1955 The narrow transom and grille work on the doors and windows give the simple row character. (D. Vogt, Dec. 2022) ​ The use of two different paint colors help to visually separate the co-joined rows. (D. Vogt, Dec. 2022) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

< Back 2403 I STREET NW Year Built 1958 Click photo below to see full sized image. D. Vogt 2022 Documents Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ History The brick house at the corner of I and 24th streets (2403 I St.) built in 1958 during the period of Foggy Bottom renovation. It replaced older row houses at both 2401 and 2403 I Street During most of the area's history, some of these residential buildings were also used for commercial businesses that served the community. The owners often lived on the floor above the businesses. In 1914, Lew Nesline operated a saloon at 2401 I Street. In 1870, Thomas Calvin lived at 2401, in 1900 R. Lee Horton and in 1910, Owen E. Reed, saloon owner here but lived a few houses down. Resident/Owner - 2023+Ben and Irene Klotz Recollections ​ Source Material Boyd's Directory for the District of Columbia, 1914 FBA History Project, "Working-Class Row Houses." Clio: Your Guide to History. https://theclio.com/tour/2098/3 FBA History Project, "The Historic District's Longest Row." Clio: Your Guide to History. https://theclio.com/tour/2098/18 Street view (D. Vogt November 2022) ​ Side view facing New Hampshire Ave (D.Vogt, November 2022) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

< Back 2417 I STREET NW Year Built 1885 Click photo below to see full sized image. D. Vogt, 2022 Documents Download 1885 Subdivision to create 2413-2419 I Street and four since demolished alley houses (D.C. Surveyor Office) Download 2417 I St., 1950 DC Census Excerpt, Aken family Download Robert Vogt FBA Award, 2013 Download Bob Vogt Foggy Bottom Assn Certificate, 2013- 2014 ( Vogt Collection) Download Rhea Z Radin Obituary (1910-1991) Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ History This two-story, two-bay brick rowhouse was built in 1885, one of a group of four houses built by Duvall & Marr to serve as rental property. It has an English basement and a back fenced garden area. In 1890, Thomas H, Alexander owned the four rows at 2413-2419 I St. The mid-1950s were a transition period in Foggy Bottom. The 2415-2419 I St. houses, built 1885, provide an example - No. 2415 was occupied by several families totaling more than 25 people. It was heated with a wood-burning stove and had an outdoor toilet. The No. 2417 house had just been gutted and was being renovated. The No. 2419 house, windows and doors missing, was abandoned and condemned. The house’s original façade was damaged as a result of Metro subway construction down the center of I Street in the early 1970s and has been rebuilt. From time to time, one can feel the vibrations of the metro trains traveling down I Street inside the house. There were significant renovations in 1954, 1990, and 2020. The house has a distinctive original custom decorative black cast iron railing and fence, installed in the 1950s. A variety of black iron is used in fencing, stairways, and railings throughout the neighborhood. Resident/Owner At the time of construction of the four houses at 2413-2419 I Street, Duvall and Marr also obtain permits to build five brick alley dwellings on Snows Court, directly behind the I Street houses. Duvall owned and rented out the properties from 1885 to 1889, when he sold them to Thompson Alexander, a real estate and insurance agent. The properties were held as a group, until 1908 when 2417 was sold separately. One of the first residents of the house was Rosetta A. Boston, a teacher, who lived there (according to the 1887 City Directory). Other residents: 1890 - Thomas H. Alexander, owner (Deeds); Rosetta A. Boston, teacher; Maria E. Boston, washing; (City Directory) 1900 - Mary White and daughters, (City Directory) 1903 - William H. Reed, a porter (City Directory) 1907 - Ella White, passed away in 1907 at age 40 (D.C. Health Office Record) 1910 - Spencer Williams, messenger, (City Directory) 1914 - Murray Barker (City Directory) 1920-1921 - Della M. Shaw (renter) (Census) - Ms. Shaw was a single 46 year old African American, born in North Carolina. She worked as a cook in a lunch room. But she also ran her own bakery - The Boston House Pastry Shop - out of her home (See photo No. 8 below). She died in 1937 and had a memorial service at 19th St. Baptist Church. 1921 - PH Harris (owner) (Deeds) 1923 - Ms. Annie Jefferson (City Directory occupation not disclosed) 1952 - With the coming of Foggy Bottom redevelopment, the house was purchased by developer Benjamin Burch in 1952 and sold to Rhea Z. Radin (1910-1991) the same year. It was a shell of building when she remodeled it and moved in in 1954. The house next door (2415) had several families with 25 people living in it and the house on the other side (2419) was vacant. By the next year, Radin had entered the real estate business and sold additional houses in the historic district. In 1960, Radin moved to Capital Hill. Radin was born in New York, grew up in California, and was a psychiatric social worker before entering real estate. 1970 - 1973 - Rhea Radin (Deeds) 1973 -1984 -D. Lowell Jones (owner) 1984 - Robert (Coach Bob) and Norene Vogt purchased the house Their daughter Denise and a roommate, Lisa Tate, rented the house for five years; both walked to work. Lisa Tate and Ragnar Thoresen rented the house from 1987 to 1990. In the early 1990s, Bob and Norrene sold their house in suburban Lanham, Maryland and spent the next 30 years of their lives in the house. They were community activists and held positions on the FBA Board. After their death and then significant renovations, their daughter and husband moved into the house in 2000. 2000 - Frank Leone and Denise Vogt Recollections I recall seeing the house for sale while walking through the neighborhood with my mother in the early 1980s. We might have parked the car in Foggy Bottom and walked to the Kennedy Center. Once inside the house, the baby blue-colored iron railings on the stairs made us laugh, because we knew they would not remain that color for long. Also, a small – and uninsulated – brick bathroom room had been attached to the rear of the house. I don’t recall that we thought the house was small, because we both were so taken by the house’s charm with its compact features and its location. - Denise Vogt (renter, owner, 2000-present), May 2022 Source Material Foggy Bottom News, Rhea Radin, “From the Bottom Up,” DC HPO, Historyquest DC U.S. Census, 1920 Boyd’s City Directory of Washington D.C., 1887, 1903, 1921, 1923 DC Recorder of Deeds, property records “2415 Eye Street, NW,” Traceries (May 1984) George Beveridge, "City's Foggy Bottom See Test Ground of Urban Renewal," Evening Star, Oct. 23, 1955 FBA History Project, "Working-Class Row Houses." Clio: Your Guide to History. https://theclio.com/tour/2098/3 FBA History Project, "The Historic District's Longest Row." Clio: Your Guide to History. https://theclio.com/tour/2098/18 Document, Vogt Collection Evening/Sunday Star, Jan. 15 and 17, 1937 Washington Times, Aug. 14, 1920 2415-2419 I St., July 1955 (Vogt Collection) ​ 2417 I St., 1956 (Washington Star) ​ 2417 I St. rear façade renovation - extension - door to lower right connected to privy, 1990 ​ 2415-2419 I St., early 1960s (Vogt collection) ​ Vogt family, 1980 (Vogt collection) ​ ​ 2417 I St house plat, May 1972 2415-2419 I St. during renovation (Progressive Renewal), Wash Post (Nov. 1959) ​ 1920 - Della Shaw's ad for the "Boston House Pastry Shop," operated out of the house, Washington Times, Aug. 14, 1920 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

< Back 912 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVENUE NW Year Built 1876 Click photo below to see full sized image. D. Vogt, 2022 Documents Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ History The two-story, six-bay white brick 7-11 store is one of the oldest buildings in the Historic District. It was originally built in 1876 as a dwelling (for C.M. Floyd). It continues the cornice of No. 910 and appears to have been built as row houses. It has been used a neighborhood food store for many years. Around 1915, the property housed the Kolker family who operated the lower level as a store, and lived above it. The Kolker (original name ( Kogod) from Belarus, Russia) lived in Foggy Bottom for several years. For less than a week in April, 1959, "Beatnik" Bill Walker operated a Greenwich Village-type coffee house, called "Coffee 'n' Confusion" at the site. The police terminated the operation. In 1982, the 7-11 replaced the Nicholas Superette. (Although the area is zoned residential, the commercial use of this building preceded the zoning.) The second floor of the building is used for residential apartments. Resident/Owner @ 1915 Benjamin and Anna Kolker (Kogod) @ 1950 Gene Hurd family of six Recollections Joan Goldwasser, from metro DC, remembers her grandmother, Anna Kolker, living in the building around 1910 to 1940. Her grandfather, Ben, died in 1918. They came from Belarus, Russia and lived in Baltimore for a while. Then they moved to Foggy Bottom. She hopes her cousin has some photos to share. (From a conversation with Ms Goldwasser at the DC HIstory Conference, March 2023. ) Source Material FBA History Project, Foggy Bottom Historic District Walking Tour, "Historic Houses and Modern Murals." https://theclio.com/entry/144542 U.S. Census, 1950 Joan Goldwasser memory, 2023 A streetscape view of the rows in September 1962. (E. Barrett, Sept. 1962) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​