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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 2418 I STREET NW Year Built 1957 Click photo below to see full sized image. D. Vogt, 2022 Documents Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ History 2418 to 2424 I Street replace earlier row houses that were demolished. They were built by R. A. Elridge during the period of Foggy Bottom restoration in 1957. They comprise two sets of paired brick houses with two bays, three stories, and a garage. Resident/Owner 1914 - Curtis Tyson Recollections ​ Source Material Boyds City Directory, 1914 FBA History Project, "Working-Class Row Houses." Clio: Your Guide to History. https://theclio.com/tour/2098/3 A street view with brick walkway. (D. Vogt, July 2022) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

< Back 7 SNOWS COURT 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 Numbers 1-7 Snows Court are seven original red brick (now painted) row houses, built in 1890. The houses on this row maintain their historic facades as well as original brick rears. The houses are 13 feet wide and 28 feet deep. They are 2 1/2 stories, with stairs leading up to a first floor door. Segmental arches are present above the door and all windows. A simple brick motif cornice runs the length of all seven buildings. All units have cellar windows on the lower right side of the façade. No. 7 is an end house on the row and has a side window. It's 702 sq. ft. and has 2 bedrooms and 1 bath. In 2023, the house sold for $710,000.00. They were built by James H. Grant for developer Samuel Norment. (Norment was the same developer responsible for the Fitzgerald (840-844 New Hampshire Ave.) and adjoining row houses.) This grouping of homes helps us visualize how the entire alley must have looked during the late 1800s. In 1905, these very basic dwellings with four to five rooms rented from $6.50 to $9.30 a month. They may have been occupied by at least two families and additional boarders. Starting in 1952, new residents and developers started buying and renovating the neglected Snows Court row houses, following the example of the nearby Georgetown neighborhood. In 2022, these small, but geographically desirable, homes sell in the $800 - $900k range. "... The 93 year old dwellings, which had deteriorated into scarcely more than hovels, each occupied by 10 or 12 unfortunate Negros, were stripped back to the bare walls. All interior partitions were removed, and ne" w flooring was laid over the old. Gas, electricity and inside plumbing, which none of the houses had before, were installed," according to an article about Snows Court in the Washington Star in 1953. Resident/Owner 1884 - Edwin Greer Recollections ​ Source Material FBA 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; EHT Traceries, historic area building survey, Nov. 1983 Isabelle Shelton, The Washington Star, Nov. 8, 1953 The seven rows and a wood frame house on 25th St. (Robitscher collection, 1950s) ​ The 25th St access to Snows Court passes by the seven historic rows as seen in 1972. (Evening Star, PM Schmick, Aug 2 1972) ​ The seven historic rows in 2022. (D. Vogt, Dec 2022) ​ The seven rows make the news in the Washington Post. ( Washington Post, Sept 3 1983) ​ ​ A southern view of the seven rows in 1947 with the two gas tanks looming over their rooflines. (GWU Gelman, 1947) 1-7 Snows Court houses (before 2015) (Ellie Becker Collection, DC Hist Cent) ​ No. 7 Snows Court - side and rear view before and after renovation - the archway remains (as of 2023) (Wash Post Dec. 8, 1954) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

< Back 18 SNOWS COURT NW Year Built 1884 Click photo below to see full sized image. D. Vogt, 2022 Documents Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ History As an end unit, this rowhouse is designed to fit in to the long row facades, even though it's entry is around the corner from the other houses. The cluster of houses at 8-20 Snows Court were designed and built in 1884 by Oliver Cox for developer Edwin Greer. Nos. 10-20 are extremely simple rowhouses, lacking any ornamental or architectural design. The doors are at ground level, and generally lack ornamental features. The windows have shutters. The buildings end without a cornice. Resident/Owner ​ 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 side view of 18 Snows Ct with front entry. (D. Vogt, Dec 2022) ​ The end view of this house appears to complement the existing rows. (D. Vogt, Dec. 2022) ​ Alleyway at rear of the house in the 1950s. (Robitscher collection, 1950s) ​ Construction/reconstruction seen from 18 Snows Court in the 1950s(Crane Collection) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

< Back 955 25TH STREET NW Year Built 1911 Click photo below to see full sized image. D. Vogt, 2022 Documents Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ History A group of five row houses (955-963 25th St.) were built in 1911 by Harry A. Kite and designed by architect A.H. Beers with a standard L-shaped floor plan. "These houses were owner-occupied by 1920. Three of the homeowners were African American." (A. Hoagland) They are simple, two-floor, two-bay brick rowhouses, built towards the end of the District's historic period (1915). No. 955 has a transom above the front door and the windows have stone lintels and brick sills. The house's cornice is simple box in style. Resident/Owner 1920 - Alice Tatum, charwoman for the Pullman Company Recollections ​ Source Material FBA History Project, Foggy Bottom Historic District Walking Tour, "The Tallest Row Houses." https://theclio.com/tour/2098/17 EHT Traceries, historic area building survey, 11/1983 The Row House in Washington, DC: A History, UVA Press, 2023, Alison Hoagland, p. 168 A sidewalk view with cement entry path. (D. Vogt, May 2022) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

< Back 13 SNOWS COURT NW Year Built 1884 Click photo below to see full sized image. D. Vogt, 2022 Documents Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ History The cluster of houses at 8-20 Snows Court were designed and built in 1884 by Oliver Cox for developer Edwin Greer. Nos. 10-20 are extremely simple rowhouses, lacking any ornamental or architectural design. The doors are at ground level, and generally lack ornamental features. The buildings end without a cornice. Resident/Owner ​ Recollections ​ Source Material FBA 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; EHT Traceries, historic area building survey, Nov. 1983 A streetscape view of the rows. (D. Vogt, Dec. 2022) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​