Fire Damage, Kann's Department Store

ID: 5395 ~ Source: DC Preservation League Photo Archive ~ Date: April 1979

This file appears in: Finding Style in DC: Navigating DC’s Shopping Scene - Kann's Department Store

Photograph: the extensive fire damage to the Kann's building extended across the store's entirety. The aluminum siding placed over the exterior facade prevented firefighters from extinguishing the blaze quickly.

This file appears in: Finding Style in DC: Navigating DC’s Shopping Scene - Kann's Department Store

Finding Style in DC: Navigating DC’s Shopping Scene - Kann's Department Store

While the business originated in Baltimore in the 1860s, where the Kanns had settled after immigrating to the United States from Germany, Solomon Kann (with his three sons, Louis, Simon, and Sigmund) found new opportunities in the nation’s capital.…