507 6th St NW
Washington, DC 20001, USA

507 Sixth St Northwest (Apartment House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC

This building of red pressed brick trimmed with limestone,is four stories high above the basement and covered with a flat roof. It faces west on a frontage of 42 feet, having a rich, highly developed facade of five bays.

Originally approached by four stone steps before the street grade was lowered a central segmental-arched entrance is flanked by ornamental iron railings and crowned by a decorated keystone and molded brick cap Window are segmentally arched,with similar keystone and stone and blocks. A panel below those of the first story contain tiles with a geometrical motif in relief. The end bays of the second story are accented by ornamental cast-iron balconies.

The front is crowned with an elaborate corbeled brick cornice supported on brackets of molded bricks, containing a geometrically patterned frieze of tiles matching the color of the brickwork, and accented at the center y a small segmental pediment.