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< Back test address Year Built ​ Click photo below to see full sized image. ​ Documents Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ History ​ Resident/Owner ​ Recollections ​ Source Material ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Gallery 10 Title Gallery 10 Description

< Back 2429 I STREET NW Year Built 1885 Click photo below to see full sized image. D. Vogt, 2022 Documents Download 2429 -2431 I St area party article for FBA members, FBNews, July 1963 Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ History The two- story green brick house at No. 2429, was built for John Scanlon in 1885 and features a large projecting chamfered square bay, as well as interesting molded brick work over the windows and at the cornice. Segmental arches over windows and doors are in a ball motif. Plain string courses wrap around building below first and second story windows (similar to Peter McCartney's work). (EHT Traceries) Twenty-five years later, Scanlon's son Daniel, an electrician for the Potomac Electric Company , owned it, living there with his wife and six children. (A. Hoagland) Resident/Owner 1885 - John Scanlon 1910 - Daniel Scanlon and family Mrs. Ella M Williams, 1914 Recollections ​ Source Material Boyds City Directory, 1914 EHT Traceries, historic 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, 2023, Alison Hoagland, p. 164 Street view (D. Vogt, May 2022) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

< Back 904 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 a detached house reported as having 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, and 1,540 sq. feet. Resident/Owner ​ Recollections ​ Source Material FBA History Project, "Hughes Mews - Foggy Bottom's Other Alley." Clio: Your Guide to History. https://theclio.com/tour/2098/7 Redfin A side view of the house with its colorful container gardens. (D. Vogt, Dec. 2022) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

< Back 935 25TH STREET NW Year Built 1979 Click photo below to see full sized image. D. Vogt, 2022 Documents Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ History At the Snows Court entrance, No. 933 and the adjoining three buildings were all built in 1979. Resident/Owner ​ Recollections ​ Source Material FBA History Project, Foggy Bottom Historic District Walking Tour, "The Tallest Row Houses." https://theclio.com/tour/2098/17 EHT Traceries photo Nov 1983 The sidewalk view of the house with brick walkway. (D. Vogt, May 2022) ​ A streetscape view of the rows. (EHT Traceries, Nov. 1983) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

DC Fair Skies Coalition Over the past two years, changes in flight paths to and from Reagan National Airport (National) have increased noise and disruption in the Foggy Bottom, Georgetown, Burleith, and Hillandale neighborhoods. Those communities, along with Palisades, Foxhall, and others – including Georgetown University – have established the DC Fair Skies Coalition to push the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority to address these issues. "I've spoken with both Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and Attorney General Karl Racine to help provide any relief to residents who have been impacted by this noise," said Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans. "It has been long understood that planes accessing the airport should be flying over the Potomac, not the neighborhoods." At a recent meeting, the MWAA noted that flights are no longer regulated between midnight and 6:00 am, meaning that some flights are landing later or taking off earlier than was previously permitted. If you are disturbed by airplane noise, send your complaint via email to 9-AWA-NoiseOmbudsman@faa.gov or call MWAA at (703) 417-1204. If you are interested in becoming part of the Coalition, please email president@foggybottomassociation.com with “DC Fair Skies Coalition” in the subject line. At the request of the DC Fair Skies Coalition, the Citizens Association of Georgetown (CAG) has opened an Aircraft Noise Fund to receive donations. Contributions will help the DCFSC retain attorneys and experts in the legal challenge to the new northern flight paths from Reagan and efforts to seek a reduction in aircraft noise from the FAA through administrative means. If you would like to make a tax-deductible contribution, please email president@foggybottomassociation.com for a form. The form will provide all information necessary to donate via check or credit card. In addition, the form includes a space for you to indicate your interest in working on this issue.

< Back 936 24TH STREET 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 A typical Foggy Bottom historic row house is brick, 12-16 feet wide and 26 feet deep, and two or three stories high. Most of the houses have fenced in gardens or patios in the back. From an architectural perspective, the “late Victorian” row houses generally have flat-fronts and simple ornamentation. Builders used pressed and molded brick detailing builders to make even modest houses appear distinctive. 24th Street has four colorful historic row houses (Nos. 936-942), which were built for A.D. Elliot by Oliver Cox in 1884. The brick buildings are two-stories high and two-bays wide. They share a continuous frieze running above the top windows a corbelled bracketed cornice connecting the houses. They also feature triple-brick arches over the window and doors and transom windows over the front doors. The houses back onto Snows Court. No. 936 has altered its first floor window - replacing the long vertical window with a narrow horizontal sliding glass window. Resident/Owner ​ Recollections ​ Source Material FBA History Project, Foggy Bottom Historic District Walking Tour, "Historic Houses and Modern Murals." https://theclio.com/entry/144542 EHT Traceries, historic area house survey, 1983 Street view (D. Vogt 2022) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

< Back 4 Snows Court NW 20037 Year Built 1890 Click photo below to see full sized image. ​ Documents Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ History ​ Resident/Owner Janet & Tony Walker 2000 - 2016 Recollections ​ Source Material ​ 4 Snow Court Recollections ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

Past FBA Presidents The Foggy Bottom Association was formed in 1955 as The Foggy Bottom Restoration Association. 1950s John Gunther 1954-1956 ? (photo listing from FBN 6/1972) Herbert Socks, 1958-1959 1960s James ‘Jim’ Justice, 1959-1960 Thomas Robertson, 1961 Pat Lauriat, 1962 Harriet Gruger, acting, 1962 Alexander Wiskup, 1962- 1963 William Simon, 1964-1965 Donald Carbone, 1965-1966 Alling Brown, 1966-1967 Charles Schoenenman, 1967-1969 1970s Alfred Cottrell, 1969-1971 Les Janka, 1971-1972 Dennis Williams, 1972-1973 Dick Palco, 1973-1974, 1974-1975 Robert E. “Bob” Charles, 1975-1978 Al Cottrell, 1978-1979, 1979-1980 (resigned January 1980) 1980s John Landgraf, 1980-1981 Rick Churchill, 1982-1983 Tom Miller, 1983 Elayne DeVito, 1983 Ellie Becker, 1984-1985 Robert C. Brewster, 1985-1987 Richard J. Price, 1987-1989 Elayne DeVito, 1989-1991 1990s Christopher Lamb, 1991-1993 Elayne DeVito 1993-1994 Ellie Becker, 1995 – 2000 2000s Michael Thomas, 2000-2001 Jackie Lemire, 2001-2002 Ron Cocome, 2002-2005 Joy Howell, 2005-2007 Asher Corson, 2008-2009 Samira Azzam, 2010 Marina Streznewski, 2012-2020 John George, 2021- Note: The listing was compiled by research archived FBA newsletters (GWU Gelman Library), newspaper articles and contacting past FBA presidents. I believe the list to be accurate. Denise Vogt, FBA Board member, co-chair FBA History Project, 2021.

< Back 828 25TH STREET 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 On the west side of 25th St. (Nos. 822-828) are four relatively plain individual buildings with varying roof heights and greater depth than the houses across the street. Nos. 824-828 were built in 1886 by John Scanlon, a prosperous saloon keeper. No. 828 is a two and a half story, two bay brick row house. Its most outstanding feature is a cornice of elaborate brickwork with a drop corbel motif. Resident/Owner 1884 - built by owner, John Scanlon 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 view of facade and trim work above the top windows. (D. Vogt, May 2022) ​ The front side retaining wall and wooden gate next to house. (D. Vogt, May 2022) ​ The views of the rows prior to renovations in the 1950s. (Vintage) ​ A side view of house and brick retaining wall (D. Vogt, Dec. 2022) ​ ​ A sidewalk view of the house and front entry. (D. Vogt, Dec. 2022) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

< Back 905 25th St NW Year Built 1940 Click photo below to see full sized image. D. Vogt, 2022 Documents Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ History The blue two-story apartment building (Nos. 901-907 I St.) was built in 1940 by E.W. Beck for Edwin Shelton and K.J. Hardy, and designed by James J. Baldwin. In 1914 that corner was occupied by a saloon owned by Hugh J. McGinniss, which faced the saloon on the opposite corner of 25th and I Streets. address not on history quest --- One of the rental units in this building is 500 sq. ft. with studio with one bath. In 2022, it rented for $1,775.00 per month. Resident/Owner ​ Recollections ​ Source Material FBA History Project, "The Historic District's Longest Row." Clio: Your Guide to History. https://theclio.com/tour/2098/18 The sidewalk view of the building. (D. Vogt, 2022) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

< Back 0 SNOWS COURT Year Built ​ Click photo below to see full sized image. ​ Documents Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ History This site, west of Nos. 1-7 Snows Court, has been vacant for many years. There have been plans ( in 2022) to affix a modern house (compatible with the Historic District) to the end of this iconic row. Resident/Owner ​ Recollections ​ Source Material FBA History Project, . "Snows Court Row Houses ." Clio: Your Guide to History. https://theclio.com/tour/2098/6 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

< Back 923 HUGHES MEWS NW Year Built 1885 Click photo below to see full sized image. D. Vogt, 2022 Documents Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ History Hughes Mews - formerly known as Hughes Court - has a small collection of original picturesque alley row houses dating from the late 1800s. At one time this alley held as many people as nearby Snows Court and shared its bad reputation as being overcrowded, unsanitary, and unsafe. As with Snows Court, that reputation ignored the presence of the alley's low-income, but close-knit and vibrant community. This corner of Hughes Mews is currently a lovely alley space with creative container gardens placed in front of the remaining row houses. In 1892, there were up to 300 people living in Hughes Court. Most of the old row houses were demolished and replaced by large apartment buildings in the mid-late 1950s. Only this group (911-923 Hughes Mews) of row houses remains. Nos. 911 and 913 were built in 1887 by Geo. E. Emmons for J.W. Payne. Nos. 915-923 were designed, built and owned by Danenhower & Sons in 1885. In the early 20th century, Hughes Court shared Snows Court's reputation for overcrowding, disease, and crime. Housing "reformer" Rev. Wilbur V. Mallalieu wrote in 1912 that Snows Court, "a festering sore in the District of Columbia" was "almost immediately connected with Hughes Court, another interior alley. The two form one underworld community." Charles Frederick Weller in "Neglected Neighbors" (1909) (p. 246) included both alleys as part of "a large area of stagnation," noting that "[o]dors from the gas works and influences from large breweries are especially evident here." This house has a small side attachment with a door. Resident/Owner 1959 - Marvin Mohler Recollections ​ Source Material FBA History Project, Foggy Bottom Historic District Walking Tour, "Hughes Mews - Foggy Bottom's Other Alley." https://theclio.com/tour/2098/7 Borchert, James, Alley Life in Washington: Family, Community, Religion, and Folklife in the City, 1850-1970, Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1982, at 206-208 Williams, Kim, The DC Historic Alley Buildings Survey, 2014 Mallalieu, Wilbur V., "A Washington Alley," The Survey 28 (Oct.19,1912), at 69-71 Weller, Charles F., Neglected Neighbors: Stories of Life in the Alleys, Tenements, and Shanties of the National Capital, Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co. 1909 Foggy Bottom News, "From the Bottom Up," by Rhea Radin, June 1959 The rear façade of this historic row house is the perfect place for the mural by Elizabeth Graeber, "Gardens" painted in 2014 as part of the Arts in Foggy Bottom biannual arts exhibition. ​ Mural by Elizabeth Graeber, "Gardens" painted in 2014 as part of the Arts in Foggy Bottom biannual arts exhibition ​ Street view of Hughes Mews ​ 923 Hughes Mews, showing double entrances (F. Leone, 2023) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​