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Lafayette Apartment Building (Washington, D.C.)

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Built
  
1898

Opened
  
1898

Architect
  
George S. Cooper

NRHP Reference #
  
94001044

Added to NRHP
  
7 September 1994

Lafayette Apartment Building (Washington, D.C.)

Location
  
1605-1607 7th St., NW Washington, D.C.

Architectural style
  
Queen Anne style architecture

Similar
  
Folger Shakespeare Library, Arena Stage, Ford House Office Bui, Takoma station, Battery Kemble Park

The Lafayette Apartment Building is an historic structure located in the Shaw neighborhood in the Northwest Quadrant of Washington, D.C. George S. Cooper was the architect for this building, which was one of the earliest apartment buildings in Washington. Built in 1898 it incorporated elements of the Queen Anne style into an affordable middle-class development. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

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