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South (front) Elevation
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General View From East
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South And East Elevations
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South And West Elevations
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Detail, Exterior Lamp Post
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Detail, Second Floor Showing Busts
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Interior, Ballroom
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Interior, Treasurer's Office
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Interior, Lobby
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Interior, Office
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Interior, Lodge Room
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Interior, Elevator
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Item Title
Location919 H Street Northwest,
Washington, DC
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS DC-386
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-42).
Building/structure dates:
1908 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1979 demolished
Significance: An attractive Beaux-Arts design by B. Stanley Simmons, this building is ornamented with stone swags, urn baluster balconies,portrait busts, and oversized elks heads. This lodge included many of Washington's prominent men as members. As a benevolent order, this lodge carried out many acts of charity beneficial to the community.
Subjects
Fraternal Lodges
Related Names
Simmons, B. Stanley
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. SOUTH (FRONT) ELEVATION
2. GENERAL VIEW FROM EAST
3. SOUTH AND EAST ELEVATIONS
4. SOUTH AND WEST ELEVATIONS
5. DETAIL, EXTERIOR LAMP POST
6. DETAIL, SECOND FLOOR SHOWING BUSTS
7. INTERIOR, BALLROOM
8. INTERIOR, TREASURER'S OFFICE
9. INTERIOR, LOBBY
10. INTERIOR, OFFICE
11. INTERIOR, LODGE ROOM
12. INTERIOR, ELEVATOR
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