The famous rectangle mural house at 12th and W St, NW.

And it’s for rent:


One of my favorite fire escape (apartment) houses:


I love looking at the old plaque from this house in Georgetown. I’m never able to decipher it. From Black Georgetown Remembered:

“Former site of the good Samaritan Hall (Briggs Hall) at 1514 26th Street. This building was used by the black community until the 1940s as a place of worship and meetinghouse. It is now a private residence.”


I’ve admired this house many times in the past yet every time I pass it I seem to notice something else to marvel out. Check out the sculptures above the entryway:


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