625 Indiana Ave Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, District of Columbia, DC
This small pro-Civil War store building, With a frontage of 23`-4``, has a brick and cast-iron facade of attractive character, now in deteriorating condition. The first story has two intermediate cast-iron piers between corner piers of brick. These are original but the glazing is modern. Above this arc brick corner pilasters, paneled on the face, with cast-iron capitals of modified Corinthianesque character, whose acanthus leaves have an S-curved profile of pronounced curvature. On the left corner only a half pilaster remains. There are three windows at the second story, the central one round-arched. It is glazed with four-light casements and transom. The others are segmental arched, with three-light casements and transom. The openings have ornamental cast-iron hood molds and wood sills. At the third story the windows are segmental arched are provided with similar hood moulds. At the top is a bracketed cast-iron cornice. The roof is flat.
625 Indiana Ave Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, District of Columbia, DC
This small pro-Civil War store building, With a frontage of 23`-4``, has a brick and cast-iron facade of attractive character, now in deteriorating condition. The first story has two intermediate cast-iron piers between corner piers of brick. These are original but the glazing is modern. Above this arc brick corner pilasters, paneled on the face, with cast-iron capitals of modified Corinthianesque character, whose acanthus leaves have an S-curved profile of pronounced curvature. On the left corner only a half pilaster remains. There are three windows at the second story, the central one round-arched. It is glazed with four-light casements and transom. The others are segmental arched, with three-light casements and transom. The openings have ornamental cast-iron hood molds and wood sills. At the third story the windows are segmental arched are provided with similar hood moulds. At the top is a bracketed cast-iron cornice. The roof is flat.
Posted Date
Sep 27, 2021
Source Name
Library of Congress
