Northwest Co-op. These are post 1968 riot affordable housing units. The bay window like sections that jut out on the 2nd floor reference the circa 1900 Bates Street houses with a similar type (but less boxy) window.
They are not public housing. They might accept Section 8, but it is not public housing.
This man was arrested for larceny. According to the info on the other side of this card he was a painter. Looking in the city directory, a James T. Allen who was a painter who lived in Blagden Alley. The card also said he had brown hair and light blue eyes, and that he was a very light mulatto. Sure. Genes are funny things.
It also says he was born in Massachusetts. I can’t find other James T. Allens born in MA around the 1890s in DC. Plenty of James and James T Allens in DC, just not any from Massachusetts.
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.
