Underwood, Oscar S., House
- Style
- Second Empire
- City
- Washington, DC
The Oscar Underwood House, at the southwest corner of 20th and G Streets NW in Foggy Bottom, takes its name from Alabama politician Oscar Underwood, who lived there from 1914 to 1925, but it earned National Historic Landmark status in 1976 for two other residents: Major Archibald Butt, military aide to Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Taft, and painter Francis Davis Millet, both of whom died aboard the Titanic on April 15, 1912. The house was also the first long-term home of the Washington College of Law, the nation's first law school founded and run by women.
the building
Mansard-roofed row house. The building is a 2 1/2-story brick row house, one of three similar houses along G Street, with a mansard roof that provides a full third floor above the main block. Its three-bay facade has the entrance in the rightmost bay, with windows and door set in segmented-arch openings.
the style
The mansard roof over a brick row house block is a signature Second Empire move, used here to fit a full extra floor into a compact Foggy Bottom rowhouse footprint.
More on Second Empiresignificance
Declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976, the house is also individually listed as a DC Historic Landmark and on the National Register of Historic Places. It now houses a legal aid clinic operated by George Washington University.
nearby
- Concordia German Evangelical Church and Rectory
- George Washington University, President's Office
- F Street House
- Lisner Auditorium (George Washington University)
- Engine Company No. 23 (Foggy Bottom Firehouse)
- World Bank Headquarters