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Mullett Rowhouses

Architect
Alfred B. Mullett
Style
Queen Anne
City
Washington, DC
Mullett Rowhouses
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0
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The Mullett Rowhouses are three speculative luxury townhouses at 2517, 2519, and 2525 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, designed by Alfred B. Mullett and completed in 1889 in the Queen Anne style. Mullett, a prominent Washington architect responsible for the State, War, and Navy Building, was said to have taken his own life over financial difficulties tied to this project.

the building

Red brick facades. The three townhouses are faced in red brick, the material Mullett chose for the Queen Anne style speculative luxury housing at this site.

the style

The rowhouses are built in the Queen Anne style, faced in red brick.

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the architect

Alfred B. Mullett was a prominent Washington architect who also designed the State, War, and Navy Building. He was said to have committed suicide as a result of the financial difficulties associated with this rowhouse project.

significance

The Mullett Rowhouses have been listed on the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites since 1990 and on the National Register of Historic Places since 1994.

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