709 D Street, Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, District of...
Significance: 709 D Street was designed by I. Grenueller, architect, in 1903-1904 and built by W-F Basin, contractor. The building's greatest significance lies in the retention of ht originally intended functi... More
1005 E Street, Northwest (Commercial), Square 347, Washington, Distric...
Significance: Originally designed in 1906 as a printing establishment and store building by Henry J. Blauvelt for A. Zichtl & Co., the building housed printing-related concerns through the 1930s. The Crown Bar ... More
Lansburgh's Warehouse, 410 Eighth Street, Northwest, Washington, Distr...
Significance: As a representative of this specific building type, these Eight Street high-rise stables constitute a considerable documentary contribution to the history of both the Pennsylvania Avenue Developme... More
Bates Warren Apartment Building, 2029 Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Wa...
Significance: This building is one of the more elegant early apartment buildings in Washington. Survey number: HABS DC-559 Building/structure dates: 1916 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1977... More
1208-1214 E Street Northwest (Garage), Washington, District of Columbi...
Significance: This parking garage, built in 1918, marks the post-World War I invasion of the downtown by the automobile. Survey number: HABS DC-426 Building/structure dates: 1918 Initial Construction
Shelter Cabin Nos. 1 & 2, Noatak, Northwest Arctic Borough, AK
Significance: These shelter cabins were used by dog-sled mail carriers on the Kotzebue-Point Barrow mail trail during the period 1925-1950. Shelter Number 1, built and designed by the Alaska Road Commission fo... More
501-511 Fourteenth Street Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington,...
Significance: This steel frame building with limestone facades is a good example of small scale commercial architecture of the 1920's. Survey number: HABS DC-356 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Constru... More
425 Seventh Street, Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, Distr...
Survey number: HABS DC-605 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 76, Wright Field Fir...
Significance: Building 76 was built in 1929 as the original Wright Field firehouse. It has undergone considerable alteration, but continues to serve as the fire station for Area B. Survey number: HAER OH-79-A... More
Union Hardware Company, 711 D Street, Northwest, Washington, District ...
Significance: Occupying the western portion of lot 3 on Square 431 is the Union Hardware Company building, a modest two-story brick structure situated between the larger "DC Souvenirs" and "Decorator Center" es... More
Thorn Building, 417 Seventh Street Northwest, Washington, District of ...
Significance: This 4 story building, located in what was once Washington's primary business district, is an early example of commercial Washington architecture. It is a much simplified version of the Romano Tu... More
2919 M Street Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Survey number: HABS DC-64 Public domain photograph of car, historic place, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
3615 O Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Survey number: HABS DC-752 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025
Anthony Reintzel Building, 3258 M Street Northwest, Washington, Distri...
Significance: This building represents an early (c. 1810) Georgetown waterfront area two-and-a-half-story shop and dwelling type remodeled and raised to three full stories c. 1870-80. Survey number: HABS DC-1... More
507 Sixth Street Northwest (Apartment House), Washington, District of ...
Significance: This building of red pressed brick trimmed with limestone,is four stories high above the basement and covered with a flat roof. It faces west on a frontage of 42 feet, having a rich, highly devel... More
Engine Company Number Twenty-Two, Firehouse, 5760 Georgia Avenue North...
Survey number: HABS DC-95 Building/structure dates: ca. 1897 Initial Construction
320 Eighth Street Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, Distric...
Survey number: HABS DC-237 Building/structure dates: ca. 18h1 Initial Construction
G Street, Northwest, 1200 Block (Commercial Buildings), No. 1204, Wash...
Survey number: HABS DC-333-B Public domain photograph of car, historic place, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Daniel Kane House, 1419 Thirty-sixth Street Northwest, Washington, Dis...
Significance: This post-Civil war row house is a good example of the type owned and resided in by artisans, laborers and small merchants during the mid-nineteenth century Georgetown. It was originally occupied... More
Golden Bull Restaurant, 308 Sixth Street Northwest, Washington, Distri...
Significance: This building is typical for 1920-30 small commercial/residential structures in eastern downtown area. While its date of construction has been impossible to verify, its similarity to its 1928-bui... More
431 & 433 Seventh Street, Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington,...
Significance: The building's original facade is hidden from view. As the building stands, it could be termed as a modern commercial style more typical of commercial strips along highways than of urban districts... More
Wood-Deming Houses, 2017-2019 Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Washington...
Significance: Designed by noted Washington architect Waddy Wood. Originally designed so that one house would be Wood's and the other would be William Demings's, Deming being Wood's partner. Was the first of th... More
Waffle Shop, 619 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, District o...
Significance: This building is significant as an example of the urban changes which occurred in the post-war period when appreciation of the 19th century architecture in this country was at its lowest point. I... More
Westory Building, 605 Fourteenth Street Northwest, Washington, Distric...
Significance: Interesting commercial/office design of the early 20th century, with noteworthy terra-cotta ornamentation. Survey number: HABS DC-329
Duncan Phillips House, 1600-1614 Twenty-first Street Northwest, Washin...
Significance: Originally designed as a private home, the building has served for over 50 years as exhibition area for the Phillips family collection of modern art. Survey number: HABS DC-447
Temperance Fountain, Pennsylvania Avenue & Seventh Street Northwest, W...
Survey number: HABS DC-240 Building/structure dates: ca. 1875 Initial Construction
1304 Thirty-Sixth Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of C...
Survey number: HABS DC-721 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025
3132 O Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Survey number: HABS DC-749 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025
2823 N Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Survey number: HABS DC-731 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025
1248 Thirtieth Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Colu...
Survey number: HABS DC-767 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025
1-25 Hazeldine Plaza (Building), 1-25 Hazeldine Plaza, First & Second ...
Survey number: HABS NM-22 Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
1219 Thirtieth Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Colu...
Survey number: HABS DC-766 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025
618 Ninth Street Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, District...
Survey number: HABS DC-231 Building/structure dates: 1890 Initial Construction
639 D Street, Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, District of...
Survey number: HABS DC-603 Building/structure dates: ca. 1875 Initial Construction
Merchants & Mechanics Savings Bank, Seventh & G Streets Northwest, Was...
Survey number: HABS DC-239 Building/structure dates: ca. 1865 Initial Construction
700 Seventh Street Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, Distri...
Survey number: HABS DC-443 Public domain photograph of shopping center, department store building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sullivan House, 3617 O Street Northwest, Washington, District of Colum...
Significance: This simple frame dwelling, built at the same time as 3615 O Street, is a fine example of the type of house resided in by Washington's laborers and small businessmen in the late nineteenth and ear... More
Potomac Electric Power Company Substation, 405 Eighth Street, Northwes...
Significance: As an isolated entity, the substation constitutes a pleasant example of small-scale industrial architecture popular in Washington at the turn of the century. The typical Queen Anne integration of... More
Beall's Express Building, 1522 Wisconsin Avenue Northwest, Washington,...
Survey number: HABS DC-80 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
1406 Thirty-Fourth Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of ...
Survey number: HABS DC-724 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025
19-21 Northwest Street (Houses), 19-21 Northwest Street, Annapolis, An...
Significance: Interesting adaptation of nineteenth century townhouse converted into two dwelling units. Survey number: HABS MD-290 Building/structure dates: 1968 Demolished
Engine Company Number Four, Firehouse, 931 R Street Northwest, Washing...
Survey number: HABS DC-87 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
William J. Stone Building, 1345 E Street Northwest, Washington, Distri...
Survey number: HABS DC-430 Building/structure dates: 1899 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1926 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1979 Demolished
McCarthy-Sullivan House, 3623 O Street Northwest, Washington, District...
Significance: This nineteenth-century simple frame house forms part of the picturesque streetscape of the north side of O Street. Although altered for twentieth century living, its early exterior character has ... More
305 Ninth Street Northwest (Commercial Building), Square 408, Lot 815,...
Significance: Originally built as a commercial building. At different times it has served as a dwelling, an office, a produce market and a bank. The building is now dwarfed by the monumentality of its modern ... More
Washington Chapel, Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, 28...
Significance: Washington Chapel is a 163-foot monumental steel and brick masonry structure with a unique Utah birdseye marble veneer. Built in the historic Meridian Hill neighborhood among embassies, churches, ... More
813-815 Market Space Northwest (Commercial Building), Square 408, Lots...
Significance: This mid-Twentieth Century bank is comprised of dynamically arranged horizontal and vertical planes. The massing and materials are unsympathetic to the predominant character of the square that is... More
616 Ninth Street Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, District...
Survey number: HABS DC-234 Building/structure dates: ca. 1890 Initial Construction
519 Eleventh Street, Northwest (Commercial), Square 347, Washington, D...
Significance: 519 Eleventh Street, NW, constructed around 1875, is a much-altered three-bay, three-story brick building. Its uses over the years are typical of its downtown neighborhood and have included printi... More
Frederic Delano House, 2244 S Street Northwest, Washington, District o...
Significance: Designed by noted Washington architect Waddy Wood. Built for Frederic Delano, member of the Federal Reserve Board and uncle of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Survey number: HABS DC-419
Jeremiah Sullivan Building, 1331 Thirty-fifth Street Northwest, Washin...
Significance: This is a highly ornamented, late nineteenth century, multipurpose, commercial structure. Its unusual facade has remained unaltered since its construction. Survey number: HABS DC-202 Building... More
F. W. Woolworth Company, 406-410 Seventh Street, Northwest, Washington...
Significance: The site at 406-410 Seventh Street was occupied by Woolworth's for several years prior to this building's construction in 1917 by James L. Parsons, Jr. Woolworth's continued to occupy the site unt... More
1780 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest (House), Washington, District of C...
Survey number: HABS DC-238 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 900 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest,...
Survey number: HABS DC-451 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
3111-3113 M Street Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia...
Survey number: HABS DC-32 Building/structure dates: 1940 Demolished Building/structure dates: ca. 1875- ca. 1899 Initial Construction
Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 303, Northwest corner Bricker Road & E...
Significance: Building 303 is associated with the many storehouses scattered throughout the grounds of Frankford Arsenal, the U.S. Army's principal manufacturer of small arms ammunition. Survey number: HAER PA... More
3517 O Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Survey number: HABS DC-751 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025
3625 Prospect Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Colum...
Survey number: HABS DC-780 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025
Mrs. Marshall Field House, 2600 Sixteenth Street Northwest, Washington...
Survey number: HABS DC-537 Public domain photograph of architectural diagram, building plan, section, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Embassy of Poland, 2640 Sixteenth Street Northwest, Washington, Distri...
Survey number: HABS DC-538 Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Carroll Daly House, 1306 Thirty-fifth Street Northwest, Washington, Di...
Significance: Although the interior of this dwelling has been greatly altered to suit the tastes and meet the needs of twentieth-century occupants, the exterior with its elaborate brickwork, characteristic of t... More
Bussard-Newman House, 1311 Thirty-fifth Street Northwest, Washington, ...
Significance: This is one of the earliest small frame freestanding houses in the western part of Georgetown. it illustrates the type of dwelling frequently occupied by artisans and proprietors of small business... More
Goszler-Manogue House, 1307 Thirty-fifth Street Northwest, Washington,...
Significance: This well preserved structure is typical of those inhabited by artisans and small merchants in nineteenth century Georgetown. Survey number: HABS DC-193 Building/structure dates: before 18h1 In... More
Trail Shop, Outbuilding, 305' east-southeast of Northwest corner of Lo...
Significance: This outbuilding is part of the Trail Shop complex, which was established halfway between Cody and Yellowstone National Park in 1922 by Wylie Sherwin to accommodate auto and bus tourists. However,... More
Building-Cast Iron Balcony, Northwest corner of Exeter & Watson Street...
Survey number: HABS MD-365 Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
1061-1063 Potomac Street Northwest, Double House, Washington, District...
Survey number: HABS DC-152 Building/structure dates: HABS DC-152
Le Droit Park, 603-605 U Street, Northwest (Houses), Washington, Distr...
Significance: Planned and developed as a residential subdivision of large freestanding houses and duplexes of related architectural design. Developed by Amzi L. Barber and Andrew Langdon on land purchased room... More
G Street, Northwest, 1200 Block (Commercial Buildings), No. 1201, Wash...
Significance: Interesting example of late 19th century commercial architecture. Survey number: HABS DC-333-A
Lihault House, 3610 O Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columb...
Significance: The Lihault house is an early example of a typical Georgetown double house. Basically vernacular in style, it is given a modicum of distinction by its high pitched roof and parapet walls on the g... More
Fields Building, 614 Indiana Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of...
Significance: Architect Julium Wenig designed this small commercial structure in 1907. The decorative elements applied tot he facade wall were eclectically selected and are stylistically unrelated. There is a... More
Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Recreation Building, Northwest corne...
Significance: The Recreation Building, "R.B.1" (T-1), at Fort Rodman is a good example of a World War II "temporary" building constructed according to a standardized plan. The present building is almost intact... More
Hayne's Store, Main Store, 40' Southwest of Ammerman Residence & 500' ...
Survey number: HABS WY-141-A
Engine Company Number Twenty-one, Firehouse, 1763 Lanier Place Northwe...
Survey number: HABS DC-94 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Thomas Robertson House, 3116-3118 M Street Northwest, Washington, Dist...
Significance: On original lot No. 54, of larger property known as "Peter Square", initially assembled by Robert Peter, first mayor of Georgetown. Built between 1812 and 1814 by Thomas Robertson, member of a pr... More
Engine Company Number One, Firehouse, 1643 K Street Northwest, Washing...
Survey number: HABS DC-86 Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Eye Street Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Survey number: HABS DC-131 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
James O'Brien Homestead, First Shed, 4.5 miles Northwest of Bozeman, M...
Survey number: HABS MT-83-C Public domain photograph - Montana Folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Trail Shop, Small Water Cistern, 445' southeast of Northwest corner of...
Significance: The small water cistern is part of the Trail Shop complex, which was established halfway between Cody and Yellowstone National Park in 1922 by Wylie Sherwin to accommodate auto and bus tourists. ... More
625 E Street Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, District of ...
Survey number: HABS DC-228 Building/structure dates: ca. 18t2 Initial Construction
1350 Twenty-Seventh Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of...
Survey number: HABS DC-723 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025
Dumbarton Oaks American Beech Grove , Dumbarton Oaks Park, 1703 32nd S...
See also HABS DC-571 for related documentation. Significance: The trees of the Dumbarton Oaks American Beech Grove (Fagus grandifolia) are significant because of their longevity and association with Beatrix Jon... More
414-416 Seventh Street, Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, D...
Significance: Originally represented as one building in the Hopkins 1892 pat map (no original construction permit available)< 414-416 Seventh Street later appears divided equally along the east-west axis in 191... More
Annie A. Cole House, 1400-1402 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washing...
Significance: The original house (later known as #1402) is a good example of the Second Empire Style. The house underwent an interesting evolution with the addition of what would become known as #1400 by the n... More
3127 Dumbarton Avenue, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Colu...
Survey number: HABS DC-736 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025
3037 Dumbarton Avenue, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Colu...
Survey number: HABS DC-733 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025
Potomac Lodge Number Five, 1058 Thomas Jefferson Street Northwest (Geo...
Significance: The earliest Masonic Lodge Building (1810) still standing in the District of Columbia. It has many associations with notable Georgetown members. The Lodge participated in laying the cornerstone ... More
437-441 Seventh Street Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, Di...
Significance: (Architectural Significance) Typical of the larger commercial buildings prior to 1880, the characteristic brick bearing partitions determine the inflexible quality of the interior. After that dat... More
432 Seventh Street, Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, Distr...
Significance: Bag Mart, a three-story brick and wood frame structure erected in the 1850s, is situated on lot 807 on the west side of Seventh Streets between D and E Streets (1850s tax books). Approximately fo... More
1063 Jefferson Street Northwest (House), Washington, District of Colum...
Survey number: HABS DC-159 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
All Souls Church, Sixteenth & Harvard Streets Northwest, Washington, D...
Survey number: HABS DC-542 Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Justice Horace Gray House, 1601 Eye Street Northwest, Washington, Dist...
Survey number: HABS DC-79 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
641 Indiana Avenue, Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, Distr...
Significance: Although there are no records, this building appears to have been built as early as 1817, definitely not later than 1827. The cultural value of this structure lies more in its age rather than its... More
3104-3106 Q Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbi...
Survey number: HABS DC-773 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025
Old D. C. Central Public Library, 499 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, W...
Significance: Reinforced concrete structure relating to the Ford Motor Company building and other neighboring buildings anchoring the streetscape of Pennsylvania Avenue. Survey number: HABS DC-372 Building/s... More
1408 Thirty-Fifth Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of C...
1992 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-83 Survey number: HABS DC-661 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025
3023 Dent Place, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia, ...
Survey number: HABS DC-732 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025
William Williamson House (Doorway), 2900 N Street Northwest, Washingto...
Survey number: HABS DC-63 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ascension & St. Agnes Church, 1217 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Was...
Survey number: HABS DC-448 Public domain photograph of church architecture, religious building, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Isaac Owens House (Doorway), 2806 N Street Northwest, Washington, Dist...
Survey number: HABS DC-62 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Thomas Corcoran House, 3119 M Street Northwest, Washington, District o...
Survey number: HABS DC-34 Building/structure dates: ca. 1825- ca. 1875 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1940 Demolished