Comments on: Formstone Being Removed from former Frazier’s Funeral Home (391 Rhode Island Ave NW)

By: PleasantPlainer

PleasantPlainer — Mon, 21 May 2012 22:07:57 +0000

The address in question is 512, 514, and 516 Hobart Pl NW and use to be community gardens until supposedly Howard sold the property (although, curiously, the building permit I saw posted when they started digging listed Howard on it). Here’s a link. PoP, maybe you can check it out and illuminate for your neighbors to the south? http://maps.google.com/maps?q=hobart+place+dc&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=ybu6T-q8NOWl6gGrrtCHDg&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=3&ved=0CFAQ_AUoAg

By: PleasantPlainer

PleasantPlainer — Mon, 21 May 2012 22:00:58 +0000

How do you find these zoning or building permits? There’s a vacant lot that they started on near where I live and nothing’s happened for a while….very curious to know what it will be!

By: f

Mon, 14 May 2012 17:10:59 +0000

“in the bad old days”……..and exactly when would that be?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:28:49 +0000

I sure could use a stiff drink!

By: textdoc

textdoc — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:03:43 +0000

Not sure this is really an indication of lots of death in the “bad old days.”

See this thread about funeral homes in certain neighborhoods of D.C.:
http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2007/10/friday-question-of-the-day-31/

By: thoughtfull

thoughtfull — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:51:31 +0000

There were two funeral homes within six blocks of each other on Florida. Frazier and another near the intersection of Georgia and Florida, which gives you an idea of how much dying was going on in this town in the bad old days…

By: Bloomingdude

Bloomingdude — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:51:24 +0000

Link is dead — no pun intended. Please update.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 13 May 2012 15:27:29 +0000

There are stiff quite a few. All over the city.

By: RozCat

RozCat — Sun, 13 May 2012 13:21:29 +0000

Any body know he history of the business? (Who was Frazier?). It dawns on my that I don’t know of single funeral home in DC proper. Where are they?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 12 May 2012 14:05:27 +0000

Haunted house saloon.