Park Road Gate House (Current Alternative Name)
Whitney Avenue Gate Lodge (Current Alternative Name)
Quarters 89 (Current Primary Name)
Resource Identification
Name
Building Number
89 (Current Primary Number)
Evaluation
AFRH-W Historic District
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Status
- Contributing (2007-01-01)
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Period(s) of Significance
- Building a Park (1866-1883)
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Area(s) of Significance
- Architecture
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Relative Level of Significance
- Significant (2006-10-29)
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Quantitative Evaluation
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Criterion A: 3 Criterion B: 0 Criterion C: 3 Criterion D: 0 National Significance: 0 Integrity: 1 Total Score: 7
Other AFRH-W Designations
none recorded
Other Designations
none recorded
Classification
NRHP Resource Type
Building
NRHP Resource Category
Domestic
NRHP Resource Subcategory
Single Dwelling
Wuzit (original purpose)
Gatehouse
Important Dates
none recorded
Location
Address
Primary Address
3700 North Capitol Street NW, Washington, DC 20011
Location Description
none recorded
Character Area
Fence/Entry/Perimeter
AFRH-W Master Plan Zone
AFRH Zone - Other Areas
Phase 1A Archaeological Zone
Zone 11
Description
Architectural Style
Italianate
Description
General Description
The Park Road Gate House was built in 1869 to mark the entrance created a new road between Seventh Street and the Home, which was laid after the Board acquired the Whitney Property in 1869. Meeting minutes from July of that year include a request to construct "a suitable Porters Lodge at, and within the new entrance." The Park Road Gate House is the second-oldest surviving gate lodge on the Home's property. Although partially obscured by later additions, the one-story building exhibits Italianate stylistic elements such as a triple window on the south elevation, exceptionally shallow hipped-with-gable roof, overhanging ogee-molded boxed cornice with scrolled bracket and a molded architrave, and a squat interior brick chimney with panels, corbelling, and two circular pots. The window opening on the south elevation is frame by an enclosed gable with an ogee profile and adorned with foliated brackets, and projecting ogee-molded lintel caps. A one-story addition of wood frame was added to the east elevation, fully obscuring the original fenestration of the stuccoed building. Subsequent alterations have extended the main block to the north, joining it with the once-freestanding Buildings 89A and 89B.
Function and Use
Function
Residence
(Historic Function)
Not in Use
(Current Primary Function)
Detailed Description
Form Type
none recorded
Measurements
none recorded
Components
none recorded
Modifications
none recorded
Map
Related Resources
Related Character Areas
Fence/Entry/Perimeter (is contained within / contains)
