817 Market Space Northwest (Commercial Building), Square 408, Lot 817, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Summary
Significance: Part of a row of turn-of-the century commercial structures. Its street elevation is the western half of what once were mirror-image paired facades that included the building to the east. Simultaneously, it shares a roof parapet frieze and cornice with its neighbor to the west. Thus, the rows once tightly interwoven into a visual unit. Although diluted, it is still a strong landmark on Market Square. The row is highly visible from Pennsylvania Avenue, ads historically to it and forms and integral part of the architectural progression of the Avenue.
Survey number: HABS DC-454
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90719, -77.03687
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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