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Lincoln Playground Field House: This playground field house is unique in its construction and in that it served African American children during the era of playground segregation in DC.
Built in 1934 and located on what is now the Joy Evans Recreation Center site, the Lincoln Playground Field House is one of the earliest purpose-built public recreation facilities remaining in 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…
Control Point Virginia Tower: This tower is a remnant of an earlier era of Washington railway operation.
The Control Point Virginia Tower is a two-story, late Victorian railroad interlocking control tower. It was erected circa 1905 as a railroad interlocking station, responsible for mechanically…
US Post Office Department Mail Equipment Shops: This 1918 warehouse provided equipment crucial for the operations of the postal system nationwide.
This warehouse-type building was erected in 1918 by the Post Office Department in order to centralize the manufacture and repair of mail sacks, locks, boxes, and other equipment for the entire US…
Glenwood Cemetery Historic District: Glenwood Cemetery is one of DC's longest-running cemeteries and its first for-profit graveyeard.
Chartered by Congress in 1852, Glenwood Cemetery was the first for-profit cemetery in the District, and among the first nationwide. This business model, initially disdained as disrespectful to 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…
Palisades Playground: The Palisades Playground is notable both as an archaeological site and a recreational center.
The Palisades Playground, established in 1922, is historically designated for the archaeologically documented evidence of prehistoric Native American occupation over thousands of years, as well as for…
Mount Vernon Seminary for Girls Historic District: This campus has been significant in both girls' education in DC and Naval history nationwide.
The 38.6-acre Mount Vernon Seminary for Girls campus includes 16 buildings, generally brick with Georgian Revival or simple Colonial Revival detailing. Six of these date to the period between 1916 to…
Ben's Chili Bowl: Ben's Chili Bowl is a well-known restaurant in the Greater U Street Historic District and is one of the few businesses in the area that predates 1968.
The Greater U Street Historic District is a Victorian Era neighborhood, developed largely between 1862 and 1900. The area consists of a coherent group of row houses constructed overwhelmingly by…