W. Taylor Birch House, 3099 Q Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: This home is a good example of the "baronial" type residence that was so often built by wealthy businessmen of the period to proclaim their new status. The heavy fortress-like expression of the exterior shelter sculpturally rich and spatially grand major living spaces. The picturesque variety of the exterior helps to integrate the buildings with its surroundings and a difficult hill site. This integration was formerly enhanced by a unobstructed view of Tudor Place and by the existence of a building of similar scale and form on the opposite southwest corner.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N662
Survey number: HABS DC-187
Building/structure dates: ca. 1890 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1920 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1926 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025