Viewing Stand (Current Primary Name)
Storehouse (Historic Name)
Garage (Current Alternative Name)
Resource Identification
Name
Building Number
50 (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
- Planning for the New Century (1901-1918)
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Area(s) of Significance
- Entertainment/Recreation
- Architecture
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Relative Level of Significance
- Supporting (2006-10-29)
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Quantitative Evaluation
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Criterion A: 2 Criterion B: 0 Criterion C: 3 Criterion D: 0 National Significance: 0 Integrity: 1 Total Score: 6
Other AFRH-W Designations
none recorded
Other Designations
none recorded
Classification
NRHP Resource Type
Building
NRHP Resource Category
Security- Maintenance- and Utility-Related
NRHP Resource Subcategory
Public Works
Wuzit (original purpose)
Storage/Shed
Important Dates
none recorded
Location
Address
Primary Address
3700 North Capitol Street NW, Washington, DC 20011
Location Description
none recorded
Character Area
Hospital Complex
AFRH-W Master Plan Zone
Zone A
Phase 1A Archaeological Zone
Zone 10
Description
Architectural Style
No Style
Description
General Description
Historic maps indicate that this building was initially used as a viewing stand and storehouse but was subsequently altered to serve as a garage/carport. The upper story, now enclosed as a garage, was originally open, with ornamental metal posts and railings. The metal posts that are still extant on the interior of the structure supported a roof, presumably a hipped roof with a pitch similar to the present roof (a c. 1900 photograph documents the original roof was a shallow-pitched hipped roof topped by a cupola). This open story was used as a viewing stand for activities that occurred on the grounds to the west. The banked lower story of the structure is constructed of coursed cut and uncut stone dressed with cut stone quoins, water table and belt course. It is pierced on the western elevation by a vehicular opening flanked by segmental-arched window openings with keystones and stone lintels. Each of the openings, as well as those on the side elevations of this lower story, is adorned with brick surrounds. The wood-frame upper story, accessible from Lower Hospital Road, is clad in weatherboard siding with corner boards and in-boards. The east elevation has two wide vehicular openings framed by square-edged wood surrounds. The remaining elevations have two six-light windows with square-edged wood surrounds. The very shallow-pitched hipped roof, covered with standing-seam metal, is edged by exposed rafter ends. The building was rehabilitated in the 1930s for use as a garage for King Hall. The former storehouse and viewing stand is a rare surviving support structure to the hospital complex dating from the turn of the twentieth century.
Function and Use
Function
Storage/Viewing Stand
(Historic Function)
Garage
(Current Primary Function)
Detailed Description
Form Type
none recorded
Measurements
none recorded
Components
none recorded
Modifications
none recorded
Map
Related Resources
Related Character Areas
Hospital Complex (is contained within / contains)
