Germuiller Row
- Architect
- Julius Germuiller
- Style
- Victorian Terrace
- City
- Washington, DC
Germuiller Row is a set of three 19th-century buildings in Chinatown designed by Washington architect Julius Germuiller, illustrating how residential and commercial architecture were combined on the same block. The earliest is the rowhouse at 302 H Street NW; the commercial building next door at 300 H Street NW, completed in 1890, carries a carved mortar and pestle on its cornice, while the building at 728 3rd Street NW is the last survivor of four identical rowhouses completed in 1891.
the building
A pharmacist's cornice. The commercial building at 300 H Street NW, finished in 1890, displays a mortar and pestle carved into its cornice -- a trade sign cast in stone for whatever business once operated inside.
the style
Built in the Victorian idiom common to late-19th-century Washington blocks, Germuiller Row shows how architects of the period paired shopfronts and rowhouses within a single coordinated design.
More on Victorian Terracesignificance
Germuiller Row is a DC Historic Landmark and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
nearby
- Luzon Apartment Building
- Wiley, Emily, House
- National Building Museum
- Moran Building
- Bulletin Building
- Sixth & I Historic Synagogue