Davis-Hodgkins House

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Building

Address: 2142 G Street, N.W.

Square and lot, bordering streets: Square 80 (F, G, 21st, 22nd Street)

Architect: Unknown

Date of construction: Late 19th century

Original owner: Unknown

Description: The building was named for Howard Lincoln Hodgkins, former Professor and Dean, Acting President of the University (1921-1923); and Arthur Powell Davis, engineering alumnus. Purchased in 1945, the original building was dedicated in 1953 as an engineering student building.

Historic designation: None

Document Information

Images: 0
Photographic Credit: n/a
Author or Source: University Archives collections
Document Location: University Archives
Date Added to Encyclopedia: December 21, 2006
Prepared by: Lyle Slovick, Assistant University Archivist; G. David Anderson, University Archivist and Historian

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