Polkinhorn Building, 638 D Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Summary
Significance: A printing shop operated at this address in 1875 according to the D.C. City Directories. The HUB furniture store has occupied the building since 1942. The building occupies two lots. It therefore acquires a majestic scale through repetition of Renaissance-derived ornamentation.
Survey number: HABS DC-568
Building/structure dates: 1872 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.93809, -77.04493
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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