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.
Bachelor Apartment House | |
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| Location | 1737 H St., NW Washington, D.C. |
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| Coordinates | 38°54′1.5″N 77°2′28.8″W / 38.900417°N 77.041333°W |
| Built | 1905 |
| Architect | Wood, Donn & Deming |
| Architectural style | Tudor Revival |
| MPS | Apartment Buildings in Washington, DC, MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 78003052[1] |
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| Added to NRHP | December 8, 1978 |
| Designated DCIHS | November 2, 1977 |
It is believed to be the only example of a luxury apartment building built for single men still standing in the city.[2] It is also one of the first apartment buildings in Washington with a Tudor Revival façade.[2] The building, which now contains offices, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Residents edit
- Hubbard Bowyer McDonald (1850-1907).[3]
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References edit
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b "District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites". DC Preservation. Archived from the original on 2011-07-01. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
- ^ "H. B. McDonald Dead" (PDF). 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. ...