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The Cavalier (Hilltop Manor): This imposing apartment building opened in 1927 as Hilltop Manor, an appropriate name given its topographic position.
This apartment building was one of a number of collaborations between architect Harvey Warwick (1893-1972) and developer Morris Cafritz (1888-1964). Originally named Hilltop Manor at the time of its…
The Cairo Apartment Building: Despite its high-society ties, the Cairo’s most important—and controversial—legacy in DC is its height.
Thomas Franklin Schneider returned from the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition with plenty of inspiration. The towering, state-of-the-art commercial structures Schneider had seen in Chicago were unlike…
The Bulletin Building: The Bulletin Building is a recognizable symbol of the printing and publishing trade.
Erected in 1928, the Bulletin Building housed the offices and printing press of the United Publishing Company, publisher of The Bulletin. The Bulletin, founded in 1894 by Thomas C. Noyes (1868-1912),…
The Augusta Apartment Building: The mansion-like Augusta was an early attempt to improve the stature of apartment living for DC's middle class.
Built in 1900, The Augusta Apartment Building was a part of DC's first wave of construction for apartment buildings, with Arthur B. Heaton as its main architect. Its mansion-like appearance allowed it…
The Alden, The Babcock, and The Calvert: These three apartment buildings on 13th Street were designed as a unit and built in 1904.
Located along the west side of 13th Street, the Alden, Babcock, and Calvert Apartments are a group of three early middle-class apartment buildings designed as a unit by architect and developer Edgar…
Thaddeus Stevens School: This landmark was the first public school building in the District to provide facilities for African Americans considered comparable to those provided for white students.
Built in 1868, enlarged in 1885, and partially rebuilt and enlarged between 1895 and 1896, Stevens School is one of the oldest surviving elementary school buildings in the District. Named after…
Texas Gardens: Texas Gardens represents the evolution of apartment building design in DC during the first half of the twentieth century, which was influenced by economic and demographic trends, zoning laws, and the Garden City Movement.
As an example of the purpose-built, low-rise apartment building, Texas Gardens was constructed to meet the challenges of housing the Washington region’s rapidly expanding population during the…
Terminal Refrigerating and Warehouse Company: Built in 1923, this warehouse was a model interwar industrial building.
The Terminal Refrigerating & Warehouse Company building is a monumental, Neoclassical style building, constructed in 1923 to house cold and dry storage warehouses and an ice manufacturing plant,…
Tenth Precinct Station House: This station house reflects the priorities of the DC police department as it sought to reform its image in the late 19th century.
Built in 1901, the Tenth Precinct Station House was designed by the firm of A.B. Mullett and Company, a Washington firm established in 1889 by Alfred B. Mullett and his sons, Frederick and Thomas.The…
Temperance Fountain: This monument to temperance has done little to reduce alcohol consumption in DC and has attracted more than its fair share of detractors.
Having made his fortune in dentistry and San Francisco real estate, Dr. Henry D. Cogswell (1820-1900) used his fortunes to advance the temperance cause, or the movement to curb alcohol consumption…