Capitol Losses:	a finding guide
Name	initial construction	demolition	note	type
Bridge Street Presbyterian Church	1820	1872		church
Church of the Covenant	1887	1966		church
First Baptist Church	1889	1953		church
First Congregational Church	1866	1959		church
First Unitarian Church	1822	1906		church
Foundry Methodist Church	1864	1902		church
Metropolitan Methodist Church	1854	1936		church
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church	1859	1950		church
St. Matthew's Catholic Church	1838	1910		church
St. Patrick Catholic Church	1809	1872		church
St. Thomas Episcopal Church	1893	1970		church
Talmud Torah Synagogue	1906	1959		church
Trinity Episcopal Church	1849	1936		church
West Street Presbyterian Church	1865	remodeled 1955		church

Alderney Dairies Plant	1884	1955		commercial
Avenue House	1851	1885		commercial
Center Market	1871	1931		commercial
Christian Heurich Brewery	1894	1966		commercial
Freeman's Savings Bank	1869	1899		commercial
French and Richardson's Bookstore	ca 1810	1963		commercial
Gilman's Drug Store	ca 1855	extant		commercial
Halls of the Ancients	1898	1926		commercial
Harvey's Restaurant	ca 1830	1932		commercial
Home Savings Bank	1902	1968		commercial
Jackson Hall	1845	1930		commercial
Kann's Department Store	1875	1979		commercial
Lemon Building	1890	1971		commercial
Manhattan Laundry	1935	1978		commercial
Metzerott Hall	1851	1894		commercial
Mills Foundry	ca 1860	ca 1900		commercial
Northern Liberty Market	1874	1946		commercial
Riggs Bank	1824	1904		commercial
Security Storage Warehouse	1890	1965		commercial
United States Electric Lighting Company Power House	1897	1930		commercial
Washington Loan and Trust Company	1924	1974		commercial

Academy of the Visitation	1877	1923		education
Bell Experimental School	1870	1920		education
Columbian University Building	1883	1911		education
Corcoran School of Art	1889	1960		education
Dunbar High School	1916	1977		education
Gallaudet College, Primary Hall	1858	1916		education
Gunston Hall School	1905	1965		education
Howard University, "Old Main"	1867	1940		education
Howard University, Miner Hall	1868	1961		education
Wallach School	1864	1950		education

Engine Company No. 1	1867	1960		Fire stations
Engine Company No. 2	1910	1979?		Fire stations
Truck Company No. 1	1878	ca 1916		Fire stations
Truck Company No. 2	1878	1960		Fire stations
Union Station Engine Company	1837	1956		Fire stations

Agriculture Department Building	1868	1930		government
Army Medical Museum	1887	1969		government
Botanic Garden (Congressional)	1859	1932		government
Center Market Convenience Station	ca 1910	1931		government
District of Columbia Crematorium	1907	1948		government
District of Columbia Morgue	1904	1940		government
General Noble Redwood Tree House	1893	1940		government
George Washington Memorial Building	1914	1937		government
Library, United States Solders' Home	1877	1910		government
Marine Barracks	1801	1906		government
Municipal Fish Market	1916	1960		government
Old Brick Capitol	1815	1932		government
Powers Fountain	1836	1884		government
Scott Hall, United States Soldiers' Home	1851	extant		government
Sheridan Gate (Arlington Cemetery)	1818	1971		government
Sheridan Hall, United States Solders' Home	1885	1958		government
State Department	1818	1866		government
United States Weather Bureau Building	1869	1965		government
Washington Armory	1855	1964		government
Washington Penitentiary	1826	1903 (part)		government
Washington Arsenal	1822	1907		government
Washington Jail	1839	1874		government
Wisconsin Avenue Reservoir	1859	1932		government

Mt. Alto Veterans Administration Hospital	1915	1967		hospital
Providence Hospital	1866	1964		hospital

Arlington Hotel	1868	1912		hotel/apartments
Blodgett's Hotel	1793	1931		hotel/apartments
Brown's Hotel	ca 1805	1935		hotel/apartments
Ebbitt House	1872	1926		hotel/apartments
Maryland House	1864	1914		hotel/apartments
National Hotel	1816	1942		hotel/apartments
Portland Flats	1879	1962		hotel/apartments
Portner Flats	1897	1974	(Dunbar Hotel)	hotel/apartments
Raleigh Hotel	1898	1964		hotel/apartments
Richmond Hotel	1883	1922		hotel/apartments
Rochambeau Apartments	1903	1962		hotel/apartments
Shoreham Hotel	1887	1929		hotel/apartments
St. Charles Hotel	1820	1926		hotel/apartments
Stoneleigh Court Apartments	1902	1965		hotel/apartments
Tunnicliff's Tavern	1795	1931		hotel/apartments
Union Hotel	1796	1935		hotel/apartments
Varnum Hotel	1796	1929		hotel/apartments
Warder Apartments	1905	1958		hotel/apartments
Willard Hotel (original)	1818	1900		hotel/apartments

Corcoran Office Building	1875	1917		office
Hooe Iron Building	1873	1926		office
Kellogg Office Building	1884	1917		office
McGill Building	1891	1973		office
Mills Building	1902	1964		office
Shepherd Centennial Building	1875	1911		office
Southern Railway Building	1871	1916		office
Stott Company Building	1913	1973		office
Washington Post Building	1893	1954		office
Willard Office Building	1902	1964		office

American Colonization Society Hall	1860	1930		organization
Apostolic Delegation Building	1905	1973		organization
Army & Navy Club	1891	1962		organization
British Legation	1872	1931		organization
Capital Bicycle Club	1889	1928		organization
Elks Club	1906	ca 1979		organization
Freemason's Hall	1826	1932		organization
Girl Scout Little House	1923	1969		organization
Louise Home	1871	1949		organization
Naval Lodge	1821	1963		organization
Odd Fellows Hall	1845	1917		organization
Potomac Lodge	1858	1963		organization
Washington Riding Academy	1887	1936		organization
Washington City Orphan Asylum	1865	1963		organization
YMCA Building	ca 1850	1913		organization

Airlie	1901	1957		residential
Analostan	ca 1796	1935		residential
Anderson House	1881	1925		residential
Belmont	1883	1915		residential
Blagden Row	1852	1931		residential
Bleak House porter's lodge	1873	1916		residential
Bancroft House	1851	1922		residential
Brentwood	1817	1919		residential
Burnes House	1750	1894		residential
Butler House	1874	1929		residential
Caldwell House	1809	1933		residential
Cameron Row	ca 1848	1941		residential
Carbery House	1818	1903		residential
Carroll Row	ca 1800	1887		residential
Casanave House	1802	1913		residential
Chase House	1851	1936		residential
Childs House	1894	1930		residential
Church Row	1871	1958		residential
Corcoran House	1828	1922		residential
DeKrafft House	ca 1820	1872		residential
Douglas House	1905	1949		residential
Douglas Row	1857	1934, 1950, 1965		residential
Duddington	1793	1886		residential
Dumbarton Oaks	ca 1801	extant		residential
Elkins House	ca 1892	1937		residential
F Street row houses	ca 1825 and ca 1845	1884/5, 1917		residential
Foraker House	1897	1960		residential
Foxall House	ca 1802	ca 1925		residential
Franklin Terrace	ca 1875	1934		residential
Goode House	1880	ca 1920		residential
Grant's Row	1871	1929		residential
Guggenheim House	1906	1956		residential
Hale House	189?	1941		residential
Hay-Adams Houses	1884	1927		residential
Hearst House	1883	1964		residential
Henderson's Castle	1888	1949		residential
Hitt House	1908	1970		residential
Hopkins-Miller House	1880	1948 and 1912	Hopkins (1948), Miller (1912)	residential
Jackson House	1802	1906		residential
Judiciary Square row houses	1854, 1859	1965, 1969		residential
Kalorama	1807	1887		residential
Kendall Green	ca 1850	1964		residential
Leiter House	1896	1947		residential
Lindsay House	1856	1925		residential
Lowery House	1875	1936		residential
McLean House	1860	1939		residential
Meigs House	1869	1962		residential
Montrose	ca 1810	1911		residential
Mount Pleasant	1840	1925		residential
Mount Vernon Row	1873	1940, 1969		residential
Myer House	1858	1911		residential
Noble House	1880	1915		residential
Oak Lawn	ca 1820	1952		residential
Palmer House	1884	1927		residential
Peale House	ca 1840	ca 1888		residential
Pendleton	1881	1940		residential
Phillips Row	1878	1948		residential
Red Top	1868	1927		residential
Riggs House	1856	1936		residential
Ringgold House	1812	1914		residential
Robert Dodge House	1850	extant		residential
Rodgers House	1831	1894		residential
Ruppert House	ca 1775	1938		residential
Sargent House	1883	1966		residential
Schneider House	1890	1957		residential
Scott House	1853	1955	Octagonal house in Hyattsville	residential
Seven Buildings	ca 1796	1959		residential
Shepherd's Row	1873	1952		residential
Slidell House	1845	1922		residential
Southworth cottage	ca 1855	1941		residential
Stewart's Castle	1873	1901		residential
Stone House	ca 1849	1906		residential
Summy House	1856	1922	Octagonal house	residential
Taylor House	1876	1926		residential
Treasury Square row houses	ca 1800	1889		residential
Tuckerman House	1886	1967		residential
Tuttle House	1865	1950	Octagonal house	residential
Tyler House	ca 1840	1931		residential
Upper Gisborough	1735	1888		residential
Van Ness House	1813	1908		residential
Wardman House	1909	1928		residential
Westover	1896	1967		residential
Williams House	1907	1965		residential
Wisteria House	ca 1863	1924		residential
Wylie House	1843	1947		residential

"Grape and Ivy" Lampposts	ca 1855	ca 1923		street furniture
Bulfinch Oil Lamps, US Capitol	ca 1825	ca 1848		street furniture
Bulletin Boards, National Woman's Party Building	ca 1913	1929		street furniture
Display Horse, WH Stombock & Son	ca 1930	1970		street furniture
F Street Electric Arc Street Lamp	ca 1885	ca 1923		street furniture
Friendship gates	ca 1905	1942		street furniture
Humane Society horse trough	ca 1900	1960		street furniture
Hutchins watering trough	ca 1892	ca 1959		street furniture
Meigs public pump	1858	ca 1925		street furniture
New York Avenue streetcar tracks	ca 1895	ca 1949		street furniture
Scott Circle hitching post	ca 1880	ca 1942		street furniture
Semaphore traffic signal	ca 1915	ca 1925		street furniture
Streetcar switch tower	ca 1907	ca 1940		street furniture
Thomas Circle Gas Street Lamps	ca 1880	ca 1923		street furniture
Willard Hotel clock	ca 1902	1942		street furniture

Garfield inaugural arch	1881	1881		temporary
Navy and Munitions Buildings	1918	1971		temporary
Pershing Victory Arch	1919	1919		temporary
Presidential inaugural stands--US Capitol	various	various		temporary
Presidential inaugural stands--White House	various	various		temporary
Union Plaza dormitories	1918	1930		temporary

Albaugh's Opera House	1884	1918		Theater
Apex Theater	1940	1977		Theater
Avenue Grand Theater	1910	1973		Theater
Belasco Theater	1895	1964		Theater
Dumbarton Theater	ca 1880	extant		Theater
Fox Theater	1926	1980		Theater
Howard Theater	1910	extant		Theater
Knickerbocker Theater	1915	1922	rebuilt, razed 1969	Theater
Lincoln Hall	1867	1886		Theater
Manassas Panorama Building	1885	1918		Theater
Metropolitan Theater	1917	1968		Theater
National Theater	1873	1922		Theater
Savoy Theater	1913	1971		Theater
Shubert Theater	1907	1960		Theater
Trans-Lux Theater	1936	1975		Theater
Willard Hall	1807	1900		Theater

Aqueduct Bridge	1833	1933		Transportation
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station	1852	1907		Transportation
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station	1873	1907		Transportation
Capital Garage	1926	1974		Transportation
Corcoran carriage house	1850	1922		Transportation
Greyhound Bus Terminal	1938	1976		Transportation
Metropolitan Railroad Company Carbarn	1895	1962		Transportation
Standard Oil Company Building	1931	1968		Transportation
Washington-Hoover Airport Terminal	1930	1941		Transportation

Matthew Gilmore, January 2003

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