Roughly bounded by Good Hope Rd., 16th St., Mapleview, Washington, District Of Columbia. County/parish: District of Columbia.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 11, 1978. NRIS 78003050.
550 contributing buildings.The Anacostia Historic District is a historic district in the city of Washington, D.C., comprising approximately 20 squares and about 550 buildings built between 1854 and 1930. The Anacostia Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. "The architectural character of the Anacostia area is unique in Washington. Nowhere else in the District of Columbia does there exist such a collection of late-19th and early-20th century small-scale frame and brick working-class housing."
The historic district is roughly bounded by:
Buildings within the Anacostia Historic District are generally two-story brick and wood-frame structures. The houses are primarily wood-frame construction, mostly in the Italianate, Cottage, and Washington Row House architectural styles (although there are some homes in the Queen Anne style). Cottage-style buildings tend to have been built earlier, with Italianate structures more popular after 1870. Queen Anne–style homes tend to be clustered in Griswold's subdivision. Many of the homes feature large lawns and wrap-around porches.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/117691937