Park Road, NW, 1644-66

Architect: Appleton P. Clark, Jr.
Style: Colonial Revival
City: Washington, DC

The twelve semi-detached row houses at 1644-1666 Park Road NW, completed in 1906 in Mount Pleasant, were designed in the Colonial Revival style by Washington architect Appleton P. Clark Jr. as speculative row house development -- a common building type in the neighborhood, but one Clark used to show off an eclectic, sophisticated touch.

the building

Alternating facades. The three-story brick houses share slate Mansard roofs and wooden front porches, but Clark varied the main facades from house to house, mixing in shallow oriel windows, prominent dormers, and curved pediments so the row reads as varied rather than repetitive.

the style

The Park Road houses show Clark's take on Colonial Revival: rather than a single repeated frontispiece, he alternated details across the row, a display of the eclectic, sophisticated design sense he was known for.

the architect

Appleton P. Clark Jr. was a Washington row house architect; the Park Road buildings are counted among the houses that best exemplify his facility for eclectic design and sophistication.

significance

The row is a DC Historic Landmark and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

nearby

Kelsey Temple Church of God in Christ 0.2 mi · Neoclassical
Ingleside 0.3 mi · Renaissance Revival
Tivoli Theatre 0.3 mi · Renaissance Revival
Embassy of Mexico-MacVeagh House 0.5 mi · Beaux-Arts
Warder Mansion 0.6 mi
Pink Palace 0.6 mi · 1906

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