South side of the 800 Block of F Street, NW, north facades from the northeast, 1973

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This file appears in: LeDroit Block (F Street, NW, South Side of 800 Block)
South side of the 800 Block of F Street, NW, north facades from the northeast, 1973

Photo credit: Wm Edmund Barrett, NCPC

This file appears in: LeDroit Block (F Street, NW, South Side of 800 Block)

The LeDroit Block was built after the completion of the large-scale municipal improvements undertaken by the Board of Public Works ibetween 1871 and 1874. It illustrates the renewed civic aspirations of the post-Civil War era with rich, animated…