Sites tagged "George Washington University/Old West End Historic District": 8
Sites
Milton Hall Apartments
The Milton Hall Apartment Building is one of three brick, Art Deco-style former apartment buildings that are now owned and operated by The George Washington University as residence halls. Constructed in 1938, Milton Hall is significant as an example…
Arts Club of Washington
The Arts Club of Washington property, encompassing the Caldwell-Monroe House and the General Robert MacFeely house, is of social, architectural and local institutional significance. Each property has been associated with distinguished figures in…
Ulysses Grant School
Foggy Bottom's historic Ulysses S. Grant School is a three-story red brick public school building constructed in 1882. The robust Victorian-era building was originally named the Analostan School, in recognition of the Native Americans who once…
Engine Company No. 23
Engine Company No. 23 is a modest, two-story red brick firehouse in an Arts and Crafts interpretation of an Italian Renaissance Revival style. Designed by prominent architects Hornblower & Marshall and architect Snowden Ashford (1866-1927), the…
George Washington University/Old West End Historic District
The George Washington University/Old West End Historic District is located in the present-day neighborhood of Foggy Bottom in northwest Washington, DC and encompasses the historic core of The George Washington University, as well as other buildings…
Munson Hall Apartments
The Munson Hall Apartment Building, constructed in 1937, is significant as an example of an apartment building constructed in response to rapid population growth in Washington, DC. during the interwar period. Munson Hall was the first in a cluster…
John J. Earley Office and Studio
Designed and built by John J. Earley in 1907, this building is one of two artists’ workspaces on the block, the other being the adjacent Augustus Bussard House and Studio (1916) at 2129 G Street, NW. The Earley Office and Studio is located mid-block…
Ray House (Steedman-Ray House; President’s House, George Washington University)
The Steedman-Ray House, built in 1849, was in keeping with the earlier substantial, freestanding brick homes of the neighborhood. Like these predecessors, it was built for a man of stature, a high-ranking Navy captain named Charles Steedman. During…