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McCormick Apartments, 1785 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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McCormick Apartments, 1785 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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Summary

Significance: Built as a one of the first Washington apartment buildings for luxury living, the structure was designed to complement a surrounding Beaux-Arts neighborhood. The composition of three principal elevations acts as a major pivotal point for an important residential boulevard and accents two street intersections. Its six units, with quarters for more than forty servants, were once occupied by some of the Capital's most distinguished personalities.
Survey number: HABS DC-265
Building/structure dates: 1917 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: after 1941 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73002100

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Date

1933 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
De Sibour, J H
McCormick, Stanley F
Mellon, Andrew W
Duveen
Bliss, Robert Wood
Butterworth, William
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Location

Washington, District of Columbia, United States38.90934, -77.04133
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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