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Firemen's Insurance Company Building, 303 Seventh Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC



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Item Title
Firemen's Insurance Company Building, 303 Seventh Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Location
303 Seventh Street Northwest, Washington, DC

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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.

Notes
Survey number HABS DC-235
Building/structure dates: 182 initial construction
Significance: The Fireman's Insurance Company began its operations in 1838 in downtown Washington, and settled at its present address in 1882. The structure exemplifies restrained Queen Anne detailing, lacking the richness and minuteness characteristic of the style. Instead the building uses volumetric complications; which adapt well to the corner site. It is visually enhanced by the Romanesque building to the east.

Subjects
Offices


Related Names
Lauritz, R. J.


Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

Contents
Photograph caption(s): 
1. Historic American Buildings Survey Ronald Comedy, Photographer July 1969 SOUTH AND WEST SIDES
2. Historic American Buildings Survey Photocopy courtesy of the Library of Congress VIEW NORTH UP SEVENTH STREET
3. SEVENTH STREET ELEVATION


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