1926Sun, Oct 31, 1926 · page 5 OCR
“There are 803 acres in four f>arcels one on each side of Nichols avenue, Anacostia; one in Congress Heights, and one at God ding Hall, named for a former super intendent.”See page 5 at loc.gov ↗
Then
How Anacostia was built, from DC's historic building permits, and what the newspaper said about it a hundred years ago this week.
When it was built
Buildings by decade of permit1,722historic building permit records, 1879 to 1959
Counts by decade
| Decade | Buildings |
|---|---|
| 1870s | 1 |
| 1880s | 50 |
| 1890s | 121 |
| 1900s | 70 |
| 1910s | 75 |
| 1920s | 90 |
| 1930s | 130 |
| 1940s | 324 |
| 1950s | 122 |
At a glance
1,722
building records
1879–1959
years covered
1940s
busiest decade, 324 buildings
Each record is one building listed on a historic DC building permit; a single permit can cover many buildings. The busiest decade is highlighted in the chart.
Top architects
Buildings designedTop builders
Buildings builtFeatured block
One builder, one year19441400 block of Bangor Street SE
40 buildings, one builder
In 1944, Bangor Development Co. Inc. built 40 buildings on the 1400 block of Bangor Street SE under 5 permits, designed by George T. Santmyers. The largest permit covered 19 buildings at an estimated $55,000 in total.
40
buildings
5
permits
19
buildings on the largest permit
$55K
its estimated cost, in 1944 dollars
Builder
Bangor Development Co. Inc.
Architects
100 years ago this week
October 31 – November 6, 1926Mentions of Anacostia in the Evening Star, October 31 – November 6, 1926. Searched for "Anacostia", "Nichols avenue", "Good Hope road".
1926Sun, Oct 31, 1926 · page 23 OCR
“Helen ttlmstend. Anacostia Station, sends in a cartoon consisting of 16 pictures, to show the excitement caused in a latnilv with several school children by the piraffe naming con test.”See page 23 at loc.gov ↗
1926Tue, Nov 2, 1926 · page 13 OCR
“No. 4. meeting at Fourth street and Penn sylvania avenue southeast at 8 o’clock, and to Anacostia Lodge.”See page 13 at loc.gov ↗
1926Thu, Nov 4, 1926 · page 43 OCR
“Pointing for their game Sunday with Argyles. Anacostia Eagle Prep pigskin handlers will work out tonight at 7:30 o’clock at Fourteenth street and Good Hope road southeast.”See page 43 at loc.gov ↗
1926Fri, Nov 5, 1926 · page 17 OCR
“The visita tion to Anacostia Lodge was followed by a program of entertainment fea tures, after which supper was served by members of Electa Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star.”See page 17 at loc.gov ↗
1926Sat, Nov 6, 1926 · page 32 OCR
“The commission established a near side car stop for northbound cars on Eleventh street at Harvard street, and an additional car stop at S street and Nichols avenue southeast.”See page 32 at loc.gov ↗
Clips are machine-read text (OCR) from scanned Evening Star pages on the Library of Congress's Chronicling America, lightly cleaned (line-break hyphens rejoined, stray symbols removed); misspellings are the scanner's. Newspapers this old are public domain. Each clip links to its page at loc.gov. Clips that mention race, covenants, deed restrictions or slurs are skipped automatically (keyword list: race, races, racial, colored, coloured, negro, negroes, white only, whites only, for whites, white people, white persons, white residents, caucasian, segregation, segregated, covenant, covenants, restricted, restriction, restrictions, plus a list of slurs), because they need an editor's context; legal notices and lists of private individuals are skipped too.
Neighborhood voices
Oral histories, held by the archivesWe haven't found a recorded oral history about Anacostia in a public archive yet.
Search the archives yourself: The People's Archive, DC Public Library · Historic Chevy Chase DC Oral History Archive · Humanities Truck Community Archive, American University · Tenleytown Historical Society · Boundary Stones (WETA). Summaries are ours; the recordings and their rights stay with each archive.