Fire Damage, Kann's Department Store
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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: The building’s proposed demolition was highly contested and ended with tragedy.
Finding Style in DC: Navigating DC’s Shopping Scene - Kann's Department Store: The building’s proposed demolition was highly contested and ended with tragedy.
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)…