There is a lot of background with this house, but I want this to be a more visual post.
This was a house that didn’t have a lot of interior space. I don’t think it had a basement. It did not have a 3rd floor.
Now it has a 3rd floor. Notice the difference in the rooftop. The pop up is very subtle. It is currently two condo units.
I was going through some of photos and decided to post.
Above is what 319 R St NW looks like now.
Then there was the alternative reality of what it was supposed to look like.
And lastly, 319 R St NW back when the Korean church owned it for mission work.
Links to my previous posts about 319 R St NW:
319 R St- Off Market sad-face
I provided the gun but I didn’t shoot him: Historic Landmarking of Sq. 519
319 R St NW- There can be a way forward with a turret
319 R St NW- The Turret is Plan B
319 R St NW- Not hoping for the best, but the less ugly with a turret
319 R Street NW- a sign
319 R St NW
319 R Street the plan
Well we need more of this kind of missionary work
I am not sure but I believe the billboards that were on the corner were down.
Before the house I considered as the Darth Vader house, with it’s black exterior, was the Darth Vader house, it was getting built. And like Anakin, we had no idea of what it was to become.
This is not memory lane. It’s from the National Archives, RG 328, entry A1-13. It’s from after the riots, so I’ll say 1968.
Click the photo to enlarge.
My notes say this the 1500 block of 1st St NW, but I’m not sure. It could be the houses closer to Q St NW.
Anyway it was a nice small green yard and a nice welcoming porch.
Please note the house has been renovated and improved since 2013.
