Dakota

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Building

Title: The Dakota

Address: 2100 F Street, N.W.

Square and lot, bordering streets: NA (F, Virginia Avenue, 21st, 22nd)

Architect: Unknown

Date of construction: 1989

Original owner: Unknown

Description: Originally constructed as an apartment complex in 1989, the eight-story Dakota now serves as a GW residence hall, being acquired in 1999. Its concrete base resembles the stonework of earlier decades, and the gabled bays give it an authentic feel. Its gabled bays look like dormers and its concrete base and details are meant to resemble stone.

Formerly on the square: The Athert Apartments, 2112 F Street; The Clermont Apartments, 2106 F Street; Garage, E Street; The Lester, 2134 F Street; Department of State; The Governor Shepherd Apt.; Potomac Electric Power Company, 2134 F Street; Michelle Tower Apartments, The Atherton Apts.; The Clermont Apts.; Potomac Park Apts.

Historic designation: None

Document Information

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Photographic Credit: n/a
Author or Source: Reconnaissance-Level Architectural Survey Of Properties In Foggy Bottom, Washington, D.C., 1999
Document Location: University Archives
Date Added to Encyclopedia: December 21, 2006
Prepared by: Lyle Slovick, Assistant University Archivist

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