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Chapman Coal Company Stable and Garage: The Chapman Coal Company Stable and Garage is a collection of buildings constructed by coal dealer and developer J. Edward Chapman between 1906 and 1929.
The Chapman Coal Company Stable and Garage is an important surviving building in what was once a bustling light industrial complex established in the early-20th century. The site evolved over the…
Charles Evans Hughes House (Chancery of Burma): Now the Chancery of Burma, this house is notable for its association with Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes.
Built in 1907 for A. Clifford and Alice Pike Barney by George Oakley Totten, this house is most notable as the home of Charles Evans Hughes—a statesman and juror of the highest order, a leader in the…
Charles Sumner School: Named for the famed abolitionist, the Sumner School was one of DC's first buildings dedicated to Black public education.
The Sumner School is one of three post-Civil War Black schools in DC and is named in honor of Charles Sumner, a Massachusetts Senator and ardent abolitionist who attempted, unsuccessfully, to ban…
Charlotte Forten Grimké House: This row house was the home of Charlotte Forten Grimké, a pioneering Black educator and civil rights activist.
Built circa 1875, this row house was the home of Charlotte Forten Grimké from 1881 to 1886. Grimké (1838-1914) was a pioneer Black female educator, an early supporter of women’s rights, a writer, and…
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company, Cleveland-Emerson Exchange: The Cleveland-Emerson Exchange represents a period of suburbanization in the former 19th-century village of Tenleytown.
The Cleveland-Emerson Exchange is an impressive and notable Stripped Classical building with Art Deco detailing located on a prominent corner in DC's Tenleytown neighborhood. The limstone-clad…
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company: This building stands as a distinctive example of 1920s commercial architecture.
Founded in 1883, Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company provided telephone service to Washington, DC and eventually Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. The construction of this building in 1928…
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse: The Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse and Repair Facility is an Art Deco industrial building.
The Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company’s four-story reinforced concrete warehouse and repair facility was built between 1926 and 1927, and served for many years as the central location for…
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, Old Main Building: The C&P Telephone Company's construction of this main building reflected the growing importance of the telephone.
Between 1903 and 1904, the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company constructed this new “Main” exchange building in a key downtown location to accommodate the increasing numbers of businesses…
Chevy Chase Arcade (and Interior of Arcade): The Chevy Chase Arcade is an excellent example of a small-scale commercial arcade — unique in Washington, DC.
A notable landmark in the Chevy Chase commercial strip, the Chevy Chase Arcade was planned by the Chevy Chase Land Company as one of four business centers, alternating with apartments, along…
Chevy Chase Cluster: Mid-Century Neighborhoods Tour
In 1954-56, in an unusual speculative development scheme, developers, Waggaman & Brawner commissioned the architecture firm of Corning & Moore to design a collection of similar, but unique modern…