Bachelor Apartment House
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Bachelor Apartment House | |
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| Location |
1737 H St., NW Washington, D.C. |
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| Coordinates | 38°54′1″N 77°2′30″W / 38.90028°N 77.04167°WCoordinates: 38°54′1″N 77°2′30″W / 38.90028°N 77.04167°W |
| Built | 1905 |
| Architect | Wood, Donn & Deming |
| Architectural style | Georgian Revival |
| Governing body | Private |
| MPS | Apartment Buildings in Washington, DC, MPS |
| NRHP Reference # | 78003052[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 8, 1978 |
The Bachelor Apartment House is an historic structure located in the Northwest Quadrant of Washington, D.C. The architectural firm of Wood, Donn & Deming designed the building. It is believed to be the only example of luxury apartment building built for single men left in the city.[2] It is also one of the first apartment buildings in Washington with a Tudor Revival façade.[2] The building now contains offices. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Residents
- Hubbard Bowyer McDonald (1850-1907).[3]
References
- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites". DC Preservation. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
- ↑ "H. B. McDonald Dead". The Evening Star. March 3, 1907. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
Hubbard Bowyer McDonald, chief clerk and parliamentarian of the United States Senate, died at the Bachelor Apartment House, 17th and H streets northwest, at 6 o'clock last night of cancer of the liver. ...
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