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James I. Barrett House, Washington DC

James I. Barrett House, Washington DC

1400 29^th Street is a good example of a substantial Victorian free-standing residence. Its scale is not overly grand yet both interior and exterior show an ample spaciousness. Similarly its ornamentation is rich but not overabundant. In its strongly symmetrical plan and Its single block massing it partakes of much of the spirit of the earlier 19^th century. It is one of the most prominent examples of this conservative Victorian vein in Georgetown. This two story brick free-standing house faces east onto 29^th Street at the northwest corner of 29^th and 0 Streets. Its south side is approximately 25' from the centerline of 0 Street. The three bay front (east) elevation is 36' 9 and the south elevation is 32' 8

The Bank of Columbia (later Georgetown Town Hall, then Fire Company #5), Washington DC

The Bank of Columbia (later Georgetown Town Hall, then Fire Company #5), Washington DC

The builder, the Bank of Columbia, occupied 3210 M Streetj N.W. from 1796-1806 (Records of the Columbia Historical Society, vol. 24, p. 104). George Washington owned a large number of stocks in this institution and was a director of the bank (The Wright collection at the George Washington University, stock certificates; George Washington's will). After the bank moved in 1806, the structure lay vacant until 1807, when the Bureau of Indian Trade moved into the building. The agency was prominent during this period as it was in charge of the profitable Indian fur trade. The Bureau occupied the premises until 1822. On July 19, 1823 the Georgetown government approved a resolution that the structure be rented for $150 a year as

Baker Building, Washington DC

Baker Building, Washington DC

The site of the Baker Building forms part of the low scale commercial area north of Pennsylvania Avenue erected in Washington in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This building is one of three similar commercial structures designed by the local architectural firm of Marsh and Peter. The street facades display the firm's versatility of manipulating traditional architectural styles of the commercial vernacular which dominates F Street between 9^th and 15^th Streets. This building synthesizes classical elements with an essentially modern commercial design. According to the Baists map of 1919, the existing Baker Building replaced a previous Baker Building, which housed the Von Unschuld School of Music. The present Baker Building held the Reid Baker Photo Shop, The building later

Wilkins House (Peruvian Emabassy), Washington DC

Wilkins House (Peruvian Emabassy), Washington DC

Originally a private residence, and The Australian Embassy from 1947-73, this semi-detached building, subtly designed in the 16th-century manner of Italian classicism, is related to the intersection of 17^th Street and Massachusetts Avenue by an entrance facade set diagonally to the two principal street elevations. Special attention is drawn to interior details, such as on the stair, paneling, and doors, which are similar to those used at 2200 Massachusetts Avenue. Overall dimensions: The four-story-plus-basement structure measures 59'-6 from sidewalk to cornice cap. The three-bay, 39'-2 wide, entrance facade breaks forward diagonally to the three-bay, 43'-0 east elevation (17^th Street) and the three bay, 24'-6 north elevation (Massachusetts Avenue). The building depth from the entrance facade is approximately 56'-0. Floor plans: The

Army Medical Museum and Library, Washington DC

Army Medical Museum and Library, Washington DC

This was a specially designed building, intended as the fireproof, permanent home of the Army Medical Museum, which was founded in 1862. It housed collection of surgical and medical specimens and a medical library. It was demolished in 1969 and its collections transferred to Walter Reed Hospital, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. The building was U-shaped, with small 2-story wing in center of U; 19-bay front; 11-bay flank; 3 stories on raised basement; gable roof on center portion, hipped roofs with monitors on wings. The wings contained 2-story exhibit galleries with exposed iron-truss roofs with central monitors. The east gallery was ringed by balcony on all four sides; hall floors were tile, room and exhibit gallery floors were linoleum or asphalt

Warder Building (Atlas Building), Washington DC

Warder Building (Atlas Building), Washington DC

The Atlas-Warder Building, known as the Atlas since at latest 1944, was built in 1892 at the northwest corner of Square 406, on Ninth and F Streets. Designed in no predominant style, the massive six-story Atlas-Warder shows an eclectic assemblage of Romanesque, Queen Anne and Italianate detailing applied to a basically straightforward commercial structure. The site, which integrates two originally separate lots, is approximately L-shaped, featuring its longest, one hundred and twenty foot long frontage on Ninth Street. On F Street it measures thirty-two feet. The base of the L occurs on the south end of the lot. It extends ninety-five feet Into the square and is only fifteen feet wide. Adjacent to the site on the south there are empty

Timothy Caldwell House, Washington DC

Timothy Caldwell House, Washington DC

The Timothy Caldwell house is located at 2017 Eye Street, N. W., in Washington, D. C. The large red brick structure was built in the early 19^th century and is the present home of the Washington Arts Club. It is a Georgian town mansion with a main block to the street and a kitchen wing and garden to the rear. The building is flanked on the west by a large apartment building and on the east by late 19^th century row houses. The structure is in an excellent state of repair, and most of the original house is in tact. The property on which the Timothy Caldwell house stands was originally part of a tract known as the Widow's Mite in

Miller House (Argyle Terrace), Washington DC

Miller House (Argyle Terrace), Washington DC

Frederick Augustxis Miller, the son of Frederick A. M. and Martha Mason Abercrombie Miller, was born in Elkton, Maryland on June 12^th, 1842. After his education in local schools and Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, he joined the Navy on September 11^th, 1861 as a master's mate. During the Civil War, Miller participated in several battles, including Donaldsonville and Mobile, Alabama - as well as skirmishes along the Mississippi River. He achieved the rank of lieutenant-commander in 1882; retired from active service as a captain on November 30^th, 1885; and for his Civil War service was promoted to commander in 1906. After his retirement, Commander Miller lived in Washington, D.C. where he was treasurer of St. John's Orphanage; director of the

Central National Bank Building (Apex Liquor Store), Washington DC

Central National Bank Building (Apex Liquor Store), Washington DC

Built as the St. Marc Hotel in 1860. In 1887 the Central National Bank assumed ownership of the hotel and commissioned architect Alfred B. Mullett to design the addition on the west facade. The addition included the two corner towers. The ST. MARC HOTEL was established in 1855 by John H. Semmes. It became one of the foremost hotels in Washington. Under Semmes' proprietorship, rooms at the ST. MARC rented for $1-$2 per night for a single room and $2-$3 for a double room. H. C. Bowers secured a lease from Semmes in 1879 after which he completely remodeled and refurnished the building. John F. Fitzgerald became the proprietor of the hotel in 1885 and remained with it until the building

American Mosaic Company Building, Washington DC

American Mosaic Company Building, Washington DC

Job W, Angus, the original owner, built it as a residence and sold this building to Thomas Lewis in the 1870's. After the turn of the century the American Mosaic Company acquired the structure, maintaining ownership until immediately prior to demolition. The 1911 remodeling added store front and entrance, decorative mosaic work, and rear wing warehouse. Overall dimensions: 26' wide, four stories tall,, and three bays wide. This building stood on the south side of I Street, facing north. It had been located in an area which included many examples of 19^th century structures. All the buildings in this three square block area were razed in preparation for the construction of the D. C. Convention Center.

Adas Israel Synagogue, Washington DC

Adas Israel Synagogue, Washington DC

The building was the first synagogue erected in the District of Columbia. The history of the Adas Israel Congregation dates back to the years immediately following the Civil War. When the first Hebrew Congregation organized in Washington instituted certain liturgical reforms, the more conservative members withdrew and established the Adas Israel Congregation in 1869. During its early years, the Adas Israel Congregation, composed of thirty-five families, met and worshipped in the homes of its members or in rented quarters. On August 16, 1870, the congregation's trustees recorded in the deed as Manasses Oppenheimer, L. Abraham Nathan Gotthelf and Leopold Oppenheimer purchased the property at 6^th and G Streets, N.W. Construction of the synagogue was begun in 1873. Max Kleinman was the

Adams-Mason House, Washington DC

Adams-Mason House, Washington DC

One of the few clapboard houses left in the waterfront area, is representative of late 18^th and early 19^th century domestic architecture. The main rectangular section of wood measures 20'5 (facade) by 31*) with a brick ell from the west side extending 30'0 (flush with the north side of the house). The ell in turn has a small lean-to addition of 6' at its west end. The facade has three bays, east elevation one; the ell has three bays on the south side. Two and a half stories in the main section; two stories in the ell. First floor: The northern doorway enters a stair hall that runs the length of the north side, with the stairs in the northwest corner.

Samuel Whitehorne House, Newport Rhode Island

Samuel Whitehorne House, Newport Rhode Island

This house built in 1810-1811, was the residence of Samuel Whitehorne, a prosperous Newport merchant in partnership with his brother, John, until they went bankrupt in 1843. It is a fine example of the large merchant houses built in the 18^th and 19^th centuries on Thames Street facing the owners' commercial properties on the waterfront. The house was built for Samuel Whitehorne, a prosperous Newport merchant, who, often in partnership with his brother John, engaged in a variety of business undertakings, including a distillery, a merchant ship, an iron foundry and machine shop, and a bank. The Whitehorne brothers, nevertheless, went bankrupt in 1843, and the house was sold at auction in 1844, by which time Samuel Whitehorne had died. In

Adams Building, Washington DC

Adams Building, Washington DC

As an isolated entity, the Adams Building constitutes a pleasant example of the High Victorian Italianate style and contributes to the Landmark II Status of the 800 block of F Street. The facade presents an overall square proportion which could have proven very disruptive in a traditional environment where verticality tends to be dominant. Nevertheless, it has been cleverly treated so that it blends with the surrounding facades. The rise of the elevation is articulated into two stories and a shallow attic above the roof cornice. The resulting strong horizontality of the second story is altered by establishing an implied two-bay division, each with an arcade of three segmental-arched windows. To emphasize the expanse of the facade, however, the roof cornice

Isaac P. White House, Newport Rhode Island

Isaac P. White House, Newport Rhode Island

The Reverend Isaac P. White was Rector of Trinity Church. He probably began building this house soon after buying the property in 1871. The 1871-72 Newport Directory showed him living on Touro Street, and the next directory showed him at this, address. White died shortly after moving in, and his widow moved to 23 Second Street. This house is a typical example of the Stick Style or Chalet Style of the 1870s. over-all dimensions: Approximately 40' (three-bay front) by 30' main block plus 22' by 28' rear wing, two-and-a-half stories. First floor: (House faces west) Central hall plan parlor at northwest, library off parlor at northeast, sitting room at southwest, dining room south center, kitchen at southeast in rear ell. Second

Vernon (Gibbs-Gardner-Bowler) House, Newport Rhode Island

Vernon (Gibbs-Gardner-Bowler) House, Newport Rhode Island

The Vernon House stands on land originally owned by Jeremy Clarke, one of the early settlers of Newport. Charles Bowler, who acquired the house in 1748, was a wealthy merchant who had arrived in Boston in 1740. He became Collector of Revenues in Newport in 1753. His son Metcalf, who bought the house in 1759, was also wealthy and influential. He was a church warden of Trinity Church. John Singleton Copley painted portraits of him and his wife. Bowler was also active in Colonial affairs. He was appointed Justice of the Supreme Court in 1776. However, it has been discovered through research that Metcalf Bowler never severed his British connections. He served as a British spy throughout the Revolutionary War. William

United Congregational Church, Newport Rhode Island

United Congregational Church, Newport Rhode Island

This church, built in 1855-1857, serves the United First and Second Congregational parishes of Newport whose history began in the late 17^th century. The building, designed by Joseph C. Wells and redecorated on the interior in 1880 by John LaFarge, is an interesting and well-preserved example of the Romanesque Revival, brownstone churches of the mid 19^th century. At a meeting on May 7, 1833, the United Congregational Church was formed by the union of the First Congregational and Second Congregational churches. The first building on this site was dedicated in 1834. Operations on the new building were delayed for the lack of Connecticut sandstone. The stone was unable to be delivered due to the icing over of the Connecticut River. Alterations

The Volta Bureau (Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf), Washington DC

The Volta Bureau (Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf), Washington DC

Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, March 3, 1847, the son of Alexander Melville Bell, who originated a phonetic system of visible speech for teaching the deaf. His father's system, utilized symbols by which the positions of the vocal organs in speech could be indicated--a system which made him the most famous speech expert of his day. The young Bell, too, was primarily interested in speech. He was educated in Scotland and England and taught in London until his family moved to Canada in 1870. In 1871 he was invited to Boston to lecture to teachers of the deaf on his father's method of visible speech. The young Bell was always interested by the possibilities of teaching the deaf.

Trinity Church, Newport Rhode Island

Trinity Church, Newport Rhode Island

Built in 1725-1726, to replace an earlier structure. Trinity Church served the congregation organized in 1698 by Francis Nicholson, Lieutenant-Governor of New York and later Governor of Virginia and Maryland. Similar in design to the original Christ Church, Boston, Richard Munday's Trinity Church was inspired by the work of Sir Christopher Wren. In 1762, the church was lengthened by the addition of two bays to the east. Between 1699 and 1702, the congregation of Trinity Church, established under the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, erected its original structure. This building is described as a one-room, hall church with a gallery at the west and a chancel at the east. The growth of the congregation initiated the

Touro Synagogue, Congregation Jeshuat Israel, Newport Rhode Island

Touro Synagogue, Congregation Jeshuat Israel, Newport Rhode Island

Touro Synagogue is perhaps Peter Harrison's most successful building. Although it presents a most severe facade to the street, the interior treatment, including carved wooden furnishings and galleries, is a rich, sophisticated work characteristic of English and Continental design of the mid-18^th century. Touro Synagogue, almost the only public building in Newport to survive the Revolution undamaged, served as the meeting place for the Rhode Island General Assembly and for sessions of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, 1781-1784, General George Washington attended a Town meeting in the synagogue March 13, 1781. After his election as President, Washington returned to Newport, August 17, 1790. On the occasion of his departure, all clergy and representatives of various organizations presented addresses to the

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