Sites tagged "Italianate Revival": 3
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Old Naval Hospital (Temporary Home for Veterans of All Wars): Prior to its recent use as a community center, the Old Naval Hospital served many American veterans.
Three years into the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln petitioned Congress to build DC’s first Naval hospital. Built by July 1866, the Old Naval Hospital provided medical services to American veterans in the…
Mott Motors (Plymouth Theater): Built as a car dealership in the 1920s, this building later became a theater for Black moviegoers during segregation.
Built in 1928, the one-story commercial Mott Motors building typifies the small automobile dealerships that fostered the transformation of traditional retail streets into automobile-oriented shopping…
Engine Company No. 20 (Tenleytown Firehouse): As its first major public structure, Engine Company No. 20 ushered in a new era of development for Tenleytown.
Engine Company No. 20 was the first major public structure built in Tenleytown in 1900. At the time, Tenleytown was at the edge of Washington, DC's development. Soon after, the nearby residential…