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Fire Alarm Headquarters: The Fire Alarm Headquarters once served as the hub of DC’s extensive, citywide fire alarm call box system.
Washington, DC's fire alarm call box system started in the mid-nineteenth century with 25 boxes installed on main streets throughout the city. By the time the headquarters was built in 1939, there…
Bernard T. Janney School: Janney Elementary School is a historic school serving the Tenleytown neighborhood.
Janney Elementary, built in 1925, was one of the first Colonial Revival-style "extensible" schools designed by Municipal Architect Albert L. Harris and constructed under the District's Five-Year…
Wardman Tower and Arcade (Wardman Park Annex, Interior Lobby, and Hotel Entrance Piers): This luxury hotel developed by Harry Wardman has towered over Connecticut Avenue since 1928.
Built in 1928, the Wardman Park Annex peers onto the road below from its hilltop site at the intersection of Woodley Road and Connecticut Avenue NW.Its height—140 feet above street level—has made it a…
Walter Reed Army Medical Center Historic District: The 110-acre Walter Reed Army Medical Center Historic District is a good example of redeveloping a historic campus for new uses.
The Walter Reed Army Medical Center was one of the oldest operating U.S. Army general hospitals. Therefore, it played an important role in medical advancements, and the Walter Reed campus was also…
Herbert Wadsworth House (Sulgrave Club): The lavish Wadsworth House is a standing reminder of Washington high society at the turn of the 20th century.
Wadsworth House is a Grand Adamesque mansion, one of only two remaining on Dupont Circle. Built between 1900 and 1901, the house was the winter residence of millionaire gentleman farmer Herbert…
Twin Oaks: The Twin Oaks is an 18.1 acre-estate located in the Cleveland Park neighborhood.
Twin Oaks, designed in 1888 by Francis Allen, is one of the earliest extant examples of Georgian Revival architecture in this country, and is an excellent and notable example of this style. It is is…
Tregaron (The Causeway): This Colonial Revival style estate is located on a landscaped, hilltop site above the Klingle Valley.
Tregaron (The Causeway), an estate designed in 1912 by Charles Adams Platt, is notable for its Colonial Revival design and landscaped grounds, as well as its former residents. Joseph Edward Davies and…
Martha Tucker House & George Hewitt Myers House (Former Textile Museum): The Textile Museum relocated to The George Washington University campus in 2015, and these houses are once again private residences.
This lot in Kalorama was vacant until 1908, when Martha S. Tucker built her house at 2320 S Street NW, designed by Wood, Donn and Deming. The firm, founded in 1902, designed a number of important…
Takoma Park Historic District: Spanning three jurisdictions, the Takoma Park Historic District was DC's first commuter suburb.
The area now designated as the Takoma Park Historic District served as the first commuter suburb in the area and was originally located on approximately 100 acres of land around the B&O Railroad…
Sixteenth Street Historic District: The great variety of architectural styles along Sixteenth Street reflects the eclectic nature of American design between the 1870s and 1920s.
The Sixteenth Street Historic District is characterized by the linear experience of the street itself, one of the most important numbered streets in the Federal City, and a major element of the…