Foxhall Village Historic District

The story

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Foxhall Village Historic District is a residential historic district in Washington, D.C., covering about 29 acres bounded by Reservoir Road NW, Glover-Archibald Park, P Street NW and Foxhall Road NW. Its 388 contributing buildings were built mainly between 1911 and 1934, in styles that include Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival, Craftsman, Italianate and Renaissance Revival, along with vernacular design.

Why it's listed

It was listed under criteria A and C, with local-level significance in architecture and community planning and development. Its period of significance runs from 1911 to 1935, matching the construction of its houses, the earliest of which dates to 1911.

Physical character

Walls are brick, stone and stucco on foundations of concrete or brick, and many houses show five- or six-course American-bond brick, English-bond brick or herringbone brickwork; the district's Tudor Revival houses tend toward half-timbered front gables with stucco infill and jerkinhead parapets clad in slate shingles. Roofs range from shallow hipped forms with overhanging eaves to steeply pitched side gables and flat roofs with parapets or metal coping, and windows are typically 6/6 double-hung wood sash or 8-light metal casements; some houses keep two-story wood sleeping and utility porches.

Historical context

Boss and Phelps, Inc. and Waverly Taylor, Inc. built many of the district's houses. In 1933 Cooper Lightbown and Son put up six houses on P Street, and in 1934 Waverly Taylor, Inc. built three Colonial Revival row houses.