Red Lion Row Facade #2

ID: 5681 ~ Source: Image taken by Zachary Burt, 2023

This file appears in: Red Lion Row (I Street, NW, South Side of 2000 Block): This block of residences, built between 1831 and 1896, reveals the evolution of residential architecture in DC.

Image courtesy of DC Preservation League

The rear of Red Lion Row from within the Western Market Foodhall. The 1980s addition to the block is apparent.

This file appears in: Red Lion Row (I Street, NW, South Side of 2000 Block): This block of residences, built between 1831 and 1896, reveals the evolution of residential architecture in DC.

Red Lion Row (I Street, NW, South Side of 2000 Block): This block of residences, built between 1831 and 1896, reveals the evolution of residential architecture in DC.

By The DC Historic Sites team

This architecturally cohesive residential row, gradually developed between 1831 and 1896, illustrates the evolution of vernacular building in DC in the 19th century. Its human scale and textural…