It dawned on me that when I refer to the squares of Truxton Circle, the reader, you, might not have any clue as to what I am talking about. Home owners might be more aware of the squares but renters….. not so much.
Property in DC is identified by SSL (Square, Suffix & Lot). The block is the square and in the case of this post, I am going to look at Square 507, the topmost block in the NW triangle called Truxton Circle. It is bounded by Rhode Island Ave NW, Florida Ave NW, 4th St NW, R St NW, and New Jersey Ave. But inside of it contains Richardson Pl. NW.
I figure I’d throw down a sampling of what I may have written about each of the NW squares (I’m totally ignoring the NE / Non-Shaw portion of the TC).
Richardson Place has some history. I remember the Mondie drama and Jim Norris’ wonderful garden.
I haven’t done a home or property owner post for Richardson Pl. That is something I need to remedy. And the only historical post I have is 1900 Census: 414 Richardson Court NW.