Chapman Coal Company Garage and Stable

The story

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The Chapman Coal Company Garage and Stable is a building at 57 N St., NW., in Washington, D.C. Built in 1912 around a 1906 coal office and a 1908 stable, it is vernacular in style.

Why it's listed

It was listed in the National Register in 2013 under criteria A, C and D, with a criteria consideration under G and local-level significance in architecture, commerce and transportation. Its period of significance runs from 1906 to 1929, spanning the 1906 coal office to work completed in 1929, and the nomination names Nicholas T. Haller as architect of the 1908 stable.

Physical character

Brick walls stand on a concrete frame with fireproof construction, under a metal roof and pressed tin cornice. Round-arched windows, monitor skylights, bricked-in stall windows and a hayloft door recall the building's stable years. In 1912 the garage absorbed the 1906 coal offices and 1908 stable, filling old door openings with projecting bay additions; the three-story stable became a one-story warehouse in 1928.

Historical context

J. Edward Chapman moved his coal business to the site in 1906 and built a three-story stable that burned in 1910, killing 27 horses. He rebuilt as a garage completed in 1913 and continued his coal business; he died in 1933.