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Polkinhorn Building, 638 D Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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Polkinhorn Building, 638 D Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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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

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Date

1933 - 1970
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Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States38.93809, -77.04493
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