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< Back 2428 I STREET NW Year Built 1875 Click photo below to see full sized image. D. Vogt, 2022 Documents Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ History 2428 I Street is a three bay wide red brick, with double hung windows. It has a transom over the front door with wood pilasters, and stone lentils under windows. It served as a grocery store in 1914 and housed the Marg-Ann Beauty Salon in the 1960s. This house is now joined to 835 25th St. See also 835 25th St. NW for more details on its history. Resident/Owner 1870 - Thomas Reiley, lab; City Directory 1910 - Patrick J and Anna McDonough, proprietor/grocer; Thomas McDonough, clerk; 1910 City Directory 1914 - Mrs. Anna McDonough, grocer 1975 - Jason F Crown, original owner Recollections ​ Source Material Boyds City Directory, 1914 FBA History Project, "The Center of the Historic District ." Clio: Your Guide to History. https://theclio.com/tour/2098/11 Foggy Bottom News, ad, February 1966 A side view on 25th St. (D. Vogt, May 2022) ​ A beauty salon was housed in one of the rooms of the house in the 1960s. (Foggy Bottom News, Feb. 1966) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

Foggy Bottom West End Village Visit the Foggy Bottom West End Village website here: fbwevillage.org

The Foggy Bottom History Project In 2021, the FBA announced the creation of a new and comprehensive History Project. The Project gathers and shares information about the history of the area starting from the earliest habitation to the present day. We've created a comprehensive resource center for all who are interested in this unique neighborhood. The project also works to protect the historic character of Foggy Bottom. On this website, you'll find: The Free Self-Guided Walking Tours of the Foggy Bottom Historic District - you can visit in person using your phone or from the comfort of your home computer (here ) Also check out our October 2022 virtual Presentation of the Walking Tour on GWU Museum's DC Mondays program Blog posts (here ) with our FBA Newsletter Funkstown articles and news The History Project Resources Guide (here ) Our Oral History page with our first interview (the Washington Post's Colbert King) and additional resources An integrated map, Foggy Bottom Historic District House Map , of the row houses and alley structures allowing residents and others to add photos of the homes, historical records and other i nformation. This combines with a map database of information sources including construction data, City Directory information, a variety of maps, population growth, and more. It's the first of its kind! In the works: An illustrated timeline of Foggy Bottom area events, photos and facts Projects that involve partnerships with the FBWE Village, GWU students and faculty, and others Funkstown: Foggy Bottom History Blog The original development in Foggy Bottom was established by Jacob Funk, and called Hamburgh, although it was referred to as Funkstown. We've taken that name for a series of short articles published in the Foggy Bottom Newsletter. Subscribe to the newsletter or read here ! Also follow us on Twitter @FunkstownDC . ​ Video Walking Tour Presentation We presented a virtual Foggy Bottom Walking Tour on the GWU Museum DC Mondays program on October 17, 2022 - you can see it here ! Free Self Guided Walking Tours of the FB Historic District One easy-to-follow tour leads you though the alleys, streets, and parks of the four-block Historic District. Use your phone to visit the 19 stops and learn about its people, lifestyles, history, and architecture. The other tour focuses on the Art in the Historic District with 13 stops to learn more about each piece of art, the artist and the backstory. You can walk these tours or follow them from home. In winter 2023, we added a tour created especially for adults with young children. This activity tour allows you to learn along with your kids about the neighborhood's history. See our Walking Tour Webpage . ​ ​ Walking Tours of the FB Historic District Since the fall of 2021 we led walks through the Historic District as part of EventsDC (formerly CulturalTourism) WalkingtownDC annual public tour program, and for the D.C. Office of Planning, residents in the FBWE area, and the D.C. Preservation League Historic Districts Committee. ​ History Project Resources Guide Want to learn more? Whether you want to read stories of DC history or conduct in-depth research, check out our new Resources Guide Webpage and access a comprehensive listing of information repositories, websites, and important books and documents for you to use in your own research. Let us know if you have suggestions for the next update. ​ Working with The George Washington University We have worked with GWU students on their projects, presented at a GWU Honors Class, provided a guest Op-Ed to the Hatchet student newspaper on the History Project, and been featured in a short video prepared by GWU Student Ethan Benn about the FB History Project. We've also been happy to provide resources for student papers, including the recently published "A Legacy of Disenfranchisement: Interrogating the Displacement of the Historical Black Foggy Bottom Community, " by GWU student Julia H. Russo who majored in American Studies, graduated 2022. Julia Russo was awarded the 2023 Julian Clement Chase Undergraduate Research Writing Prize and and the Elsie M. Carper Prize for this written work. ​ ​ Construction in the Historic District? Historic designation does not affect the use of one's property, but it does regulate one's ability to alter its exterior or roofline. Whether you are planning to make changes in your house or are concerned about changes in the neighborhood, you should contact the DC Historic Preservation Office and review their historic review process guidelines . See also HPO's Tim Dennee explaining the FB Historic District and the construction review process (11/30/2021. Video - passcode: 4E+PdZN%. ​ ​ Please Get Involved! We encourage you to provide us with your own historic photographs, documents, information, and stories, and/or volunteer to assist with oral histories or other projects. Want to learn more? Contact Co-Founders and Co-Chairs of the History Project: - Frank Leone (FLeoneDC@gmail.com ) - Denise Vogt (DeniseV@foggybottomassociation.org ) ​ And thank you so much to FBA Board Member - Communications, Sadie Cornelius for making this web page a reality. ​ ​

< Back 2407 I STREET NW Year Built 1909 Click photo below to see full sized image. D. Vogt, 2022 Documents Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ History Nos. 2407-2411 have typical flat-fronts and simple ornamentation, but are distinguished by wide stone lintels accenting the windows and corbelled brick that decorates the dentilled cornices. They are two-stories high and three-bays wide with a flat façade. They are brick in a Flemish bond pattern. This row was designed in 1909 by A.H. Beers for builder Simon Oppenheimer. A Building permit was initially issued for four buildings: 2407, 2407 1/2, 2409 and 2411. One is now demolished and buildings renumbered. (EHT Traceries note.) In May 1909, the renters in 2407-11 I Street were all African Americans: Charles Harper, a rigger for a granite company, William J. Davis, a messenger for the War Department; William T. Nolan, a serviceman at an auto supply store; and Jesse White, a cook in a lunch room. All of them had other members of the household who worked as well -- children, lodgers, a sister-in-law (A. Hoagland) In June 1966, the house and garden was viewed by many of FB's first house and Garden tour. Resident/Owner 1914 - 2407 Charles Young 1914 - 2407 1/2 William A Jackson and George Whitfield 1958 - 2407 Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Dutch 1966 - 407 1/2 I St, William L. Simon 1983 - 2407 1/2 - Kenneth T and J.A. Durham Recollections "Previous to moving in, 2407 and 2409 I St were joined together by putting an opening between the two houses on the landing of the staircase. It was sealed up when we moved in. I believe the Simon's, the previous owners, were in the movie business. They had a retractable movie screen in the living room. There was an empty lot next to our house. We remember playing volleyball in that lot. Then, they built the condominium that is there now. The big condominium next door housed an Egypt Trade office. It was concerning when Egypt was in a conflict and there was a concern that it could be bombed. They added extra security and nothing ever happened. One of incidents that made living in FB interesting. We painted the house a cream color when we lived there." Excerpt from email, K. Durham, 2/17/2023 "Yes, we lived in 2407 I Street and moved down to 909 26 St NW Since the two houses were so close to each other we moved everything ourselves including a grandfather clock on the top of the car. I remember spending hours in the crawl space on my back putting up a vapor barrier. We also spent days, weeks pointing the grout on the front of the house and then painting it. I have a photo of our dog sitting in the fountain in the backyard," Excerpt from email, K. Durham, 2/17/2023 Source Material EHT Traceries historic building survey, 11/1983 Boyd's City Directory, 1914 Foggy Bottom News, June 1958 Foggy Bottom News, "Foggy Bottom Readies for its House and Garden Tour June 5," May 1966 FBA History Project, "Working-Class Row Houses." Clio: Your Guide to History. https://theclio.com/tour/2098/3 FBA History Project, "The Historic District's Longest Row." Clio: Your Guide to History. https://theclio.com/tour/2098/18 The Row House in Washington DC: A History, UVA Press 2023, Alison Hoagland, p. 244. A street view with bricked patio area. (D. Vogt, May 2022) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

FOGGY BOTTOM ORAL HISTORY ​ Welcome to the new FBA History Project Oral History page. We seek to collect, document and preserve the stories and memories of Foggy Bottom residents by recording their remembrances and making them accessible to all. It is important to preserve this unrecorded history that may be lost as Foggy Bottom experienced demographic shifts and as older residents move or pass away. Foggy Bottom was a very different place prior to urban renewal in the 1950s and recording memories is a critical way of preserving that history. We need volunteers to (1) share their stories and add to FB history, (2) identify other narrators with stories to tell, and (3) conduct interviews. Let us know if you are interested at - Frank Leone (FLeoneDC@gmail.com ) - Denise Vogt (DeniseV@foggybottomassociation.org ) FBA History Project Interviews Colbert King – Feb. 16, 2022 – Mr. King is a Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post columnist. The interview conducted by Frank Leone for the FBA HP/Foggy Bottom West End Village focuses on the 1940s-1950s, when Foggy Bottom was majority African American – watch it HERE ​ Foggy Bottom West End Village Interviews ​ Leo Warring - March 20, 21 - The FBWE had an excellent discussion with Leo Warring , author of The Foggy Bottom Gang: The Story of The Warring Brothers of Washington, D.C. , which details his family history, including in bootlegging and gambling, in the Foggy Bottom area. George Washington University Interviews Voices from Foggy Bottom’s Past – Feb. 29, 2012 – Columnist Colbert King and panelists Mary Brown, W. David Riley and James Briscoe spoke about their memories of growing up in Foggy Bottom. Watch it: Voices: Celebrating the African American Legacy in Foggy Bottom (youtube.com) ​ Interview Transcripts: Mary Brown – June 3, 1997 – Foggy Bottom resident since the 1920s. Eric Marlow – Aug. 18, 1997 – Foggy Bottom in the 1950s. James Briscoe/W. David Riley – Dec. 5, 2011– Foggy Bottom in the 1950s and 1960s. GW Digital DC: A Community History Project – 2013-2014 – Interviews with people about the greater Foggy Bottom Community including longtime FBA Activist Ellie Becker. Part 1 Part 2 D.C. Public Library D.C. Public Library People’s Archive Oral History Collections St. Mary’s Court Oral History Project – Never Too Old to Learn – 1992-1993 - interviews by residents of the senior living facility in Foggy Bottom. Residents, volunteers, and staff members of St. Mary’s share their personal histories and discuss topics including African-American family life, growing up in D.C., and the district’s changing landscape: Home/Brewed – 2020 – Oral histories related to the Christian Heurich Brewery (formerly located in Foggy Bottom): DC Oral History Resources DC Humanities Oral History Collaborative Survey of DC Focused Oral History Collections DC Oral History Map Eric Marlow Interview Briscoe and Riley Interviews Mary Brown Interview

GWU Day of Service & Earth Day Clean Up Sunday April 21st, 2024 GWU and Foggy Bottom Association hosted a Earth Day clean up event. What a success! Wood chips to refresh the Dog Park were provided by DC's DDOT Urban Forestry Division. GWU students and neighbors pitched in and moved the truckload of woodchips into the dog park, creating a fresh topcoat. Groups of GWU students raked and bagged debris in the 26th Street Park Plaza, the greenspace in the 1000 block of 26th Street (between K and L Streets NW), 26th and I Street, spruced up Snows Court, and two dedicated neighbors mulched the 26th Garden mid-block. So much work made easier with many helping hands. A special thank you to Carolyn Pierson, GWU Student, who organized over 30 GWU students to help. Well done! ​ In November 2023, board members, neighbors and students worked together to clean up several green space areas in the Historic District. Thanks to Carolyn Pierson, GWU Student Association Director of Sustainability, who organized 30 students for the event. August 2022 , was the 14th annual Convocation and Welcome Day of Service and the first fully in-person event since 2019. The project activities at 61 sites—including about 40 schools ahead of the first day of returning to classes for D.C. Public Schools—mostly around the city were organized by the Honey Nashman Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service. ​ Highlights below and read more here: https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/new-students-volunteer-across-city-welcome-day-service

< Back 805 25TH STREET NW Year Built 1890 Click photo below to see full sized image. D. Vogt, 2022 Documents Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ History This group of houses (803-813 25th St.), built in 1890, differ from the relatively plain fronts of typical Foggy Bottom houses. As stated in the Historic District Nomination, the houses' "vernacular design elements" include "bellcast roofs, lancet windows, Flemish gables, and peaked lintels." Neighborhood lore indicates that photographs of the houses were circulated in Germany to attract brewery workers. In fact, the houses were built five years before the Heurich Brewery arrived in Foggy Bottom, relocating from 20th St. (five blocks away), in 1895. But the "story book" houses could have appealed to German immigrants. The houses were designed by architect Chas. E. Burden, and built by Frank N. Carver for Chas. Early and J.P. Jones. This team was also responsible for 801 25th Street, as well as 2433 H Street and 800-810 New Hampshire Avenue. No. 805 is a two-bay, two-story brick building with a cottage appearance. The second floor has a steeply pitched, shingled roof, which slopes out at the eave line. Resident/Owner ​ Recollections ​ Source Material FBA History Project, Foggy Bottom Historic District Walking Tour, "Story Book Row and Foggy Bottom's "Octagon" House." https://theclio.com/tour/2098/12 EHT Traceries, historic area house survey, 1983 A sidewalk view with iron fence. (D. Vogt, July 2022) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

The FBA Preferred Merchants Program Membership works for you with our Preferred Merchant Program members receive a variety of discounts from local businesses through the FBA’s “Pre­ferred Mer­chant Pro­gram.” Look for this logo and present your FBA Mem­ber­ship Card to receive a discount (varies by merchant). ​ Current members, login to your account to view the discounts here: https://fba.wildapricot.org/discounts ​ Current Preferred Merchants Western Market Merchants If you would like to see a business join the program, please reach John George at johng@foggybottomassociation.org

Senior Membership Benefits ​ The Foggy Bottom Association and the George Washington University Hospital Senior Meal Program, provides a discount of 50% on food consumed on the premises of the GW Hospital cafeteria for FBA members aged 65 and older . Benefits of include: Additional discounts to local businesses Connections to the Foggy Bottom and DC community Social and cultural events put on by the FBA If you’re not already an FBA member, simply join online to and receive your digital card that you can download and/or print. If you would like a physical card mailed to you, please contact us . ​ Become A Senior Member

< Back 4 SNOWS COURT NW Year Built 1890 Click photo below to see full sized image. D. Vogt, 2022 Documents Download Owner (former FBRA Secretary) Margaret Franzen memo to GWU Grace Watson, memo FBRA beginnings 8/23/1994 Download "RLA Gets Renewal Plan for Foggy Bottom" article Download Owner (former FBRA Secretary) Margaret Franzen Letter to Peter Roe, 8/11/1994 Download Janet Walker's recollections of living at 4 Snows Court (2000-2016), 10/2/2023 Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ History Numbers 1-7 Snows Court are seven original red brick (now painted) row houses, built in 1890. They maintain their historic facades as well as original brick rears. The houses are 13 feet wide and 28 feet deep. They are 2 1/2 stories, with stairs leading up to a first floor door. Segmental arches are present above the door and all windows. A simple brick motif cornice runs the length of all seven buildings. All units have cellar windows on the lower right side of the façade. In 2022, this house had 2 beds and 2 baths. The total sq. ft. was 972. They were built by James H. Grant for developer Samuel Norment. (Norment was the same developer responsible for the yellow corner Fitzgerald (840-844 New Hampshire Ave.) and adjoining row houses.) This grouping of homes helps us visualize how the entire alley must have looked during the late 1800s. In 1905, these very basic dwellings with four to five rooms rented from $6.50 to $9.30 a month. They may have been occupied by at least two families and additional boarders. Starting in 1952, new residents and developers started buying and renovating the neglected Snows Court row houses, following the example of the nearby Georgetown neighborhood. In 2022, these small, but geographically desirable, homes sell in the $800 - $900k range. "... The 93 year old dwellings, which had deteriorated into scarcely more than hovels, each occupied by 10 or 12 unfortunate Negros, were stripped back to the bare walls. All interior partitions were removed, and ne" w flooring was laid over the old. Gas, electricity and inside plumbing, which none of the houses had before, were installed," according to an article about Snows Court in the Washington Star in 1953. From 1954 to 1994, the house was owned by Margaret L. Franzen, who served as the Secretary of the original Foggy Bottom Restoration Association. From 1957 to 1986, she rented the house, while she worked abroad from AID. in 1994, she sold it to Peter Roe. Resident/Owner 11/1958 - Betty May, Mae Holthaus 1958 - 1994 Margaret L. Franzen 1994 - Peter Roe 2000-21016 - Janet & Tony Walker Recollections Letter from house owner, Margaret Franzen to Peter Roe, August 11, 1994 (See Document 3 below for the complete letter) "I bought the house in 1954 when I worked with A.I.D. I went oversees in 1957 & rented the place for 29 years to a friend who kept it in mint condition. Since that time it has had 4 different sets of renters including 2 years that my nephew lived there on assignment to D.C. . . . I enjoyed living in Snows Ct. and always felt fortunate that the house backed onto a church so that there was no crowding the the back. I was one of the founders of the Fogg Bottom Assoc. & still get the newsletter. It was the first non-segregated neighborhood association in D.C. Letter from Franzen to Roe, Oct. 31, 1994: "As I mentioned to you in my previous letter to you through Tom Murphy, I had it (4 Snows) for 40 years having bought it with my mother in early 1954. We enjoyed being there when the entire Foggy Bottom was starting to be restored. Exciting times. . . .I was one of the Snows Court dwellers who started the Foggy Bottom Restoration Assoc.-- and it was the first integrated neighborhood association in D.C." Recollections from Janet Walker, Oct. 2023 (See document 4 below for the complete document) My husband and I purchased #4 Snows Court in the year 2000 and owned it for 16 years. Over that time, I was continually delighted and sometimes frustrated with our very special Alley Home in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood. From my first visit to 4 Snows with our Realtor, the small width of the staircase to the second floor was always part of my fascination with the property. When you entered through the front door, the staircase was immediately in front of you, so you couldn’t avoid seeing it. And to see it, you were reminded of the age of the place because the steps were well-worn and not quite perfectly square. But most importantly, the small width of the staircase was a unique and outstanding feature. I would refer to the stairs as Dollhouse sized. While the staircase was charming, the size made it a challenge to get furniture to the second floor. In addition, we found that we did a lot of painting along the wall where every trip up or down seemed to add additional scuff marks from the baggage we carried. . . . Now, 7 years after selling 4 Snows Court, I still have many warm memories of our experiences at this unique property in Foggy Bottom. It was a great lesson in “living small”! Source Material FBA History Project, FB Historic District Walking Tour, "Snows Court Row Houses ." https://theclio.com/tour/2098/6 Foggy Bottom Association News, Feb. 1961 Rhea Radin, "From the Bottom Up," Foggy Bottom News, June 1959; and June 1958 George Beveridge, "City's Foggy Bottom See Test Ground of Urban Renewal," Evening Star, Oct. 23, 1955 Isabelle Shelton, The Washington Star, Nov. 8, 1953 Snows Court, "FBNew, November 1958 The lower level of the house with exposed brick walls and ceiling joists. ( Bright MLS, 2022) ​ A 1947 view of the rear facades of the seven rows with the two gas tanks above their rooflines. (GWU Gelman, Unknown, 1947) ​ Winter 2022 of the rear facades with the condo building in the distance. (D. Vogt, Dec. 2022) ​ 1-7 Snows Court houses (before 2015) (Ellie Becker Collection, DC Hist Cent) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

< Back 902 HUGHES MEWS NW Year Built 1963 Click photo below to see full sized image. D. Vogt, 2022 Documents Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ History This is one of three large brick houses built for A.L. Wheeler in 1963. It is attached to No. 901. Resident/Owner ​ Recollections ​ Source Material FBA History Project, . "Hughes Mews - Foggy Bottom's Other Alley." Clio: Your Guide to History. August 25, 2022. Accessed January 4, 2023. https://theclio.com/tour/2098/7 It's tight quarters in the Mews where one house's backyard closes in on another's front entry. (D. Vogt, Dec. 2022) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

< Back 900 24TH STREET NW Year Built 1976 Click photo below to see full sized image. D. Vogt, 2022 Documents Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ Download ​ History Foggy Bottom Mews (900 24th St.), which extends into Snows Court, was built in 1976. D.C. artist Kelly Towles painted a colorful rooftop mural that decorates a Foggy Bottom Mews unit - it is visible above the 7-11, and is best seen from across the street. Resident/Owner ​ Recollections ​ Source Material FBA History Project, "Historic Houses and Modern Murals." Clio: Your Guide to History. https://theclio.com/tour/2098/15 Kelly Towles mural at Foggy Bottom Mews (D. Vogt, 2022) ​ Illustrated GW Hatchet article on Foggy Bottom News (Sept. 2000) ​ 908-914 New Hampshire Ave street view (E. Barrett, Sept. 1962, DC Hist Center) - "Foggy Bottom Mews" replaced the two story row house with the curved bay ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​