Fence, Iron and Masonry (Current Primary Name)
Resource Identification
Name
Building Number
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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
- Landscape 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: 2 Criterion D: 0 National Significance: 0 Integrity: 2 Total Score: 7
Other AFRH-W Designations
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Other Designations
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Classification
NRHP Resource Type
Structure
NRHP Resource Category
Landscape-Related
NRHP Resource Subcategory
Street Furniture/Object
Wuzit (original purpose)
Perimeter Fencing
Important Dates
Construction Date
ca.
1876-01-01
Board of Commissioners meeting minutes document the construction of the perimeter fence and stone wall in 1876; date sourced from the AFRH-W Historic District nomination (note that month and day are placeholders)
Board of Commissioners meeting minutes document the construction of the perimeter fence and stone wall in 1876; date sourced from the AFRH-W Historic District nomination (note that month and day are placeholders)
Location
Address
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Primary Address
3700 North Capitol Street NW, Washington, DC 20011
Location Description
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Character Area
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Fence/Entry/Perimeter
none recorded none recorded none recordedAFRH-W Master Plan Zone
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AFRH Zone - Other Areas
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Zone 5
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Description
Architectural Style
n/a
Description
General Description
In 1876 the Home's board authorized the construction of a "permanent stone and iron fence" extending from Cammack's property (the intersection of Rock Creek Church Road and Park Place), north along the Home's western boundary to the intersection of Harewood and Rock Creek Church roads and then south along the property's eastern boundary to the Robinson property line. The fence originally contained nearly 3,000 perches of stone wall, 121 brick piers, 4,600 feet of stone coping, 127 stone caps for the piers (including six bluestone caps for lodge piers), 96 feet of circular coping, and the two bronze eagles. An order that the stone wall and iron railing be painted (the brick and stone work painted a uniform tint, with the North River Stone caps and sills and the iron work painted black) is included in the Board of Commissioners meeting minutes from October 1877. Sections of the fence have been altered and removed since its construction; its most intact section is along the Home's northwestern and northern boundaries. The fence is such an integral part of the Home's landscape that it survived vigorous public efforts to get the Home to donate it for scrap during World War II. It also survived removal efforts in the 1950s.
Function and Use
Function
Fence
(Current Primary Function)
Detailed Description
Form Type
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Measurements
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Components
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Modifications
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Map
Related Resources
Related Character Areas
Fence/Entry/Perimeter (is contained within / contains)
Related People/Organizations
C. A. Schneider & Sons (Blacksmith, was created by / created)
Richard Morgan (Mason, was built by / built)
