Wheat Row

Wheat Row
Location: 1315, 1317, 1319, and 1321 4th Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C.
Architectural style: Late Georgian
Governing body: private
NRHP Reference#: 73002125 [1]
Added to NRHP: July 23, 1973

Wheat Row is a row of four historic townhouses located at 1315, 1317, 1319, and 1321 4th Street, Southwest, Washington, D.C., in the Southwest Waterfront neighborhood.

History

Wheat Row was constructed in 1794, for real estate developer James Greenleaf.[2] It was named after a resident and Senate messenger, John Wheat.[3] It is an example of Late Georgian architecture. Although most buildings in Southwest were demolished in the 1950s and 1960s, Wheat Row was spared and incorporated into the Harbour Square development.[4]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. . http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=32571
  3. ^ http://dcist.com/2011/03/looking_back_wheat_row.php#photo-1
  4. ^ http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/73002125.pdf

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