Sites tagged "Mediterranean Revival": 5
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Capitol Power Plant Pump House: Since 1993, the former pump house has been used by Earth Conservation Corps, a non-profit devoted to youth development and protecting the environment.
The Capitol Power Plant Pump House was completed in 1910 to provide water for the Capitol Power Plant, also completed in 1910, approximately 1 mile north at E Street and New Jersey Avenue SE. The pump…
Engine Company No. 25 (Chemical Engine No. 5; Congress Heights Firehouse): The firehouse attracted new residents because it alleviated concerns of being outside the city's fire call-box system.
Constructed from 1901 to 1902, the Congress Heights Firehouse first and foremost provided emergency service to the area, but also had a real estate investment aspect to it that helped further develop…
Colonel William Robert Davis House: This avant-garde interpretation of the Mediterranean Revival style was one of the first houses constructed in Forest Hills.
The house at 3020 Albemarle Street, NW is located in the Forest Hills subdivision of Washington, DC, an early-20th-century close-in suburb. Built in 1924, it is of frame and stucco construction. The…
Marjorie Webster Junior College Historic District: The Marjorie Webster School was an early private educational institution focused on the needs of working women.
This small intact campus was built by Marjorie Webster, a significant figure in the education of women in Washington, as a private junior college dedicated to the educational needs of working women.…
Tivoli Theatre: Now used for mixed-use retail, the Tivoli Theatre was once a thriving motion picture palace.
Completed in 1924, the Tivoli Theatre is the only theater still standing in DC designed by Thomas White Lamb (1871-1942), the leading theater architect of the Golden Age of motin picture palaces. The…