Navy Yard, Building No. 104, Intersection of Tingey Street & Isaac Hull Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
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Significance: Building 104 is a contributing property in the Washington Navy Yard National Historic Landmark. The Washington Navy Yard once served as the center for naval ordnance research and production and is significant for its role in the development of the U.S. Navy when the Navy Yard served as the center for naval ordnance research and production. This building represents the expansion of the Naval Gun Factory during the early decades of the twentieth century and World War I. The building illustrates the shift in design of military industrial buildings form the one-story brick buildings that illustrated design precedents dating from the late nineteenth century to the exposed concrete frame buildings that represented twentieth century industrial design.
Survey number: HABS DC-442-O
Building/structure dates: 1901 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1902 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: before 1969 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73002124
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