Image of H Street NW, with 623 H Street visible on the right.

ID: 6018 ~ Source: Library of Congress ~ Creator: Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS DC 456-4) ~ Date: 1978

This file appears in: Historic Chinatown Tour: 623 H Street NW: The historic building, dating to 1869, has had many alterations over the years.

This file appears in: Historic Chinatown Tour: 623 H Street NW: The historic building, dating to 1869, has had many alterations over the years.

Historic Chinatown Tour: 623 H Street NW: The historic building, dating to 1869, has had many alterations over the years.

By The DC Historic Sites team

Like many historic buildings in Chinatown, the present building is comprised of several periods of construction.The portion of the building viewed from H Street NW was constructed before building…