Wheat Row - Washington, D.C.
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Wheat Row (four houses) located at 1315, 1317, 1319, and 1321 4th Street, SW in the Southwest Waterfront neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Constructed in 1794 for real estate developer James Greenleaf, Wheat Row was designed by William Lovering and is an example of Late Georgian architecture. Although most buildings in Southwest were demolished in the 1950s and 1960s, Wheat Row was spared and incorporated into the Harbour Square development. The homes on Wheat Row are believed to be the first row houses built in Washington, D.C. and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
This file appears in: Wheat Row: The four attached houses of Wheat Row were likely the first speculative housing built after DC became the federal city.
Wheat Row: The four attached houses of Wheat Row were likely the first speculative housing built after DC became the federal city.
Wheat Row consists of four attached, three-story brick houses built as a unit in the late 18th century. They were built circa 1794 by the Greenleaf Syndicate and their design is attributed to…