Fire Damage - Aluminum Facade, Kann's Department Store

ID: 5396 ~ 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

Fire Damage - Aluminum Facade, Kann's Department Store

Photograph: the aluminum facade placed on the Kann's building was destroyed with the rest of the building. The charred lettering on its side can be seen amongst the ashes and soot.

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.…