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Old Italian Embassy: This former Italian Embassy was among the few consulates that Mary Foote Henderson successfully brought to Sixteenth Street.
Built in 1925 on land purchased by the Italian government from Mary Foote Henderson (1841-1931), the Old Italian Embassy is among the most notable mansions Henderson commissioned for Sixteenth…
Old Engine Company No. 3: This 100-year old fire station still maintains some of its original features, including a spiral staircase and historic fire pole.
Built in 1916, this large and elaborately detailed Italian Renaissance Revival firehouse exemplifies grand civic design executed under the direction of the Office of Municipal Architect. The building…
Engine Company No. 17: Engine Company No. 17 is an identifiable and distinctive landmark of Brookland, with its 60-foot tower to spot fires.
Originally built in 1901 to house Chemical Company No. 4, this firehouse served the Brookland community which lay outside the municipal water service, making the neighborhood inaccessible to fire…
Engine Company No. 19: The French Revival style of Engine Company No. 19 makes the firehouse a distinguishable neighborhood landmark in Randle Heights.
In hopes of attracting buyers to his new neighborhood, developer Arthur E. Randle (1859-1929) donated the land upon which to build a firehouse after successfully lobbying Congress to appropriate the…
Engine Company No. 20 (Tenleytown Firehouse): As its first major public structure, Engine Company No. 20 ushered in a new era of development for Tenleytown.
Engine Company No. 20 was the first major public structure built in Tenleytown in 1900. At the time, Tenleytown was at the edge of Washington, DC's development. Soon after, the nearby residential…
Engine Company No. 21: The Spanish Colonial Revival style of Engine Company No. 21 makes the firehouse a distinguishable neighborhood landmark in Lanier Heights.
Built in 1908 to accommodate both Engine Company No. 21 and Truck Company No. 9, the Lanier Heights Firehouse is still in operation to this day. Erected at the outskirts of the city in 1908, the…
Engine Company No. 29: Engine Company No. 29 was the city's first one-story firehouse with an all-motorized apparatus, making it both technologically advanced and an identifiable neighborhood landmark.
Engine Company No. 29, also known as the Palisades firehouse, was the city’s first one-story firehouse and one of two prototype Colonial Revival firehouses dating from 1925. In that year, the fire…
Equitable Co-Operative Building Association (and Interior): This 1912 bank building, with a protected interior space, was the longtime headquarters of a significant local financial institution.
The Equitable Co-Operative Building Association is a monumental, one-story bank building in the Classical Revival style located on F Street NW in the Downtown Historic District. Designed by both…
The Euclid: This elegant apartment building was part of the post-World War II boom in apartment construction in DC.
The Euclid was built between 1919 and 1920 by owner Howard M. Etchison, among the most prominent of Washington’s early-20th-century developers. The architect was Claughton West, who designed more than…
Evening Star Building: Once the home of one of DC's most prominent newspapers, the Evening Star Building is in the Beaux Arts style.
Constructed between 1898 and 1900, the Evening Star Building is notable for its association with the Evening Star Newspaper Company, which occupied the building from 1900 to 1959. The paper’s tenancy…