John Quincy Adams House
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Building
Title: John Quincy Adams House
Address: 2129-2133 I Street, N.W.
Square and lot, bordering streets: Square 75 (I, Pennsylvania Avenue, 21st, 22nd Streets)
Architect: Unknown
Date of construction: Late 19th century
Original owner: Unknown
Description: This building, along with the two row houses to the north, are representative of GW’s reuse of vernacular architecture found throughout the Foggy Bottom area. The Adams House is constructed of brown brick with a red tile roof and decorative molded brick detailing. Diamond decorations separate the first and second floors and an elaborate corbelled brick cornice caps the structure. The building was named for John Quincy Adams, the sixth President of the United States, who, when Secretary of State, participated in the University's first commencement in 1824. Adams was also the principle creditor for the early college.
Formerly on the square: Building AA for University Development
Historic designation: None
Document Information
Images: 0
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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