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Glade Apartments: Influenced by transportation improvements, a new zoning ordinance, and Depression-era population growth, The Glade Apartments embody the physical and social developments of the Brightwood neighborhood during the interwar period.
Up until the early twentieth century, the Brightwood area was mostly rural. In the 1820s, Brightwood contained important transportation routes until the road network changed during the Civil War for a…
Lexington Apartments: The Lexington Apartments is an example of the buildings designed for DC's expanding middle class in the 1920s.
The Lexington is a conventional low-rise apartment building, erected in 1928 by developer Charles Sager to house a portion of the city's expanding middle class at the eastern edge of Capitol Hill. The…
Park Vista and Pine Manor (Concord Apartments): The Concord Apartments represent DC’s increasing population in the 1930s and its impact on the city’s architecture.
Built in 1936, 1937, and 1938, respectively, these four low-rise buildings in Brightwood are representative of the modest apartment buildings constructed to address the city’s explosive population…
Chilchester Arms Apartments (Vizcaya Apartments): This 1936 apartment building was constructed to suit DC’s growing population in the interwar years.
Vizcaya Apartments, formerly known as the Chilchester Arms, is a conventional low-rise apartment building, built in 1936. Designed with Moderne stylistic elements, such as geometric brick and stone…
Tilden Hall: Built between 1922 and 1924, Tilden Hall was once a "high-class" apartment hotel.
The five-story, Colonial Revival style Tilden Hall apartment building was designed by noted architect Frederick B. Pyle (1867-1934) and constructed between 1922 and 1924 by the P.F. Gormley Company as…
Sedgwick Gardens (and Interiors): This early Art Deco-style apartment building offered luxury living to Washingtonians in the 1930s.
Designed by Mihran Mesrobian in 1931 for Max Gorin, the president of the Southern Construction Company, Sedgwick Gardens is a significant Art Deco building. Mesrobian designed many significant…
2225 N Street: Built between 1924 and 1925, this low-rise apartment building was designed with Rock Creek Park views in mind.
The apartment building at 2225 N Street was designed by Eugene Waggaman in an Early 20th Century Vernacular style, with brick masonry walls and a terra-cotta tile roof. This four-story, 32-unit…
Milton Hall Apartments: Milton Hall, constructed in 1938, was built to meet increased demand for middle-class housing in DC after World War I.
The Milton Hall Apartment Building is one of three brick, Art Deco-style former apartment buildings that are now owned and operated by The George Washington University as residence halls. Constructed…
Bachelor Apartment House: The Bachelor Apartment House is DC's only known surviving example of an early luxury apartment house for single men.
The Bachelor Apartment House is one of the last apartment buildings remaining in what was once a unique residential neighborhood of luxurious single-family homes, apartment buildings, hotels and…
The Ethelhurst: Built from 1902 to 1903, The Ethelhurst was one of the earliest multi-story apartment buildings in Washington.
Built from 1902 to 1903, The Ethelhurst was one of the earliest multi-story apartment buildings in Washington. It was designed by T. Franklin Schneider, an architect and entrepreneur who pioneered…