A few nice real estate jobs images I found:
1315 4th Street SW - Washington DC
Image by Tim Evanson
Looking west at 1315 Wheat Row -- one of four historic townhouses located at 1315, 1317, 1319, and 1321 4th Street SW in Washington, D.C.
Wheat Row was constructed in 1794 by real estate speculatory James Greenleaf. Greenleaf and his business partners had purchased a whopping 7,000 lots in the new "Federal City" of Washington, D.C., and were required to build homes on the land. Wheat Row is built in the Federalist architectural style. John Wheat, who purchased 1315 4th Street, was messenger for the U.S. Senate. It's not as stupid a job as you think. At the time, few messages were written down due to the expense of paper and ink. Messengers were very bright people who could instantly memorize spoken words, convey them inaccurately and in a timely fashion, and who could hunt down people in far-flung city without telephones as fast as they could. The messenger would then memorize the response, and convey it back to the original sender.
Nearly every single building in Southwest D.C. was demolished in the late 1950s and early 1960s as part of a massive urban renewal project. Wheat Row was one of the very, very, very few houses spared. It was incorporated into the Harbour Square housing development.
Nearby, at 456 N Street SW, is the Edward Simon Lewis House -- built in 1817 for a US Navy clerk. At 468-470 N Street SW, is the Duncanson-Cranch House, also built around 1794. William Cranch was Greenleaf's close friend, and he was later the second personto act as reporter for the US Supreme Court. (He wroted down all the court's decisions, and published them.) William Levering was the architect. (Few homeowners at the time wrote down the name of the architect who designed their homes.) Capt. William M. Duncanson, an Anglo-Indian soldier, lived in half of Cranch's double-wide home from 1795 to 1796 while his own home, The Maples, was undergoing construction.
Both Lewis House and Duncanson-Cranch House are part of Harbor Square as well.
1321 4th Street SW - total - Washington DC
Image by Tim Evanson
Looking west at 1321 Wheat Row -- one of four historic townhouses located at 1315, 1317, 1319, and 1321 4th Street SW in Washington, D.C.
Wheat Row was constructed in 1794 by real estate speculatory James Greenleaf. Greenleaf and his business partners had purchased a whopping 7,000 lots in the new "Federal City" of Washington, D.C., and were required to build homes on the land. Wheat Row is built in the Federalist architectural style. John Wheat, who purchased 1315 4th Street, was messenger for the U.S. Senate. It's not as stupid a job as you think. At the time, few messages were written down due to the expense of paper and ink. Messengers were very bright people who could instantly memorize spoken words, convey them inaccurately and in a timely fashion, and who could hunt down people in far-flung city without telephones as fast as they could. The messenger would then memorize the response, and convey it back to the original sender.
Nearly every single building in Southwest D.C. was demolished in the late 1950s and early 1960s as part of a massive urban renewal project. Wheat Row was one of the very, very, very few houses spared. It was incorporated into the Harbour Square housing development.
Nearby, at 456 N Street SW, is the Edward Simon Lewis House -- built in 1817 for a US Navy clerk. At 468-470 N Street SW, is the Duncanson-Cranch House, also built around 1794. William Cranch was Greenleaf's close friend, and he was later the second personto act as reporter for the US Supreme Court. (He wroted down all the court's decisions, and published them.) William Levering was the architect. (Few homeowners at the time wrote down the name of the architect who designed their homes.) Capt. William M. Duncanson, an Anglo-Indian soldier, lived in half of Cranch's double-wide home from 1795 to 1796 while his own home, The Maples, was undergoing construction.
Both Lewis House and Duncanson-Cranch House are part of Harbor Square as well.
1317 4th Street SW - Washington DC
Image by Tim Evanson
Looking west at 1317 Wheat Row -- one of four historic townhouses located at 1315, 1317, 1319, and 1321 4th Street SW in Washington, D.C.
Wheat Row was constructed in 1794 by real estate speculatory James Greenleaf. Greenleaf and his business partners had purchased a whopping 7,000 lots in the new "Federal City" of Washington, D.C., and were required to build homes on the land. Wheat Row is built in the Federalist architectural style. John Wheat, who purchased 1315 4th Street, was messenger for the U.S. Senate. It's not as stupid a job as you think. At the time, few messages were written down due to the expense of paper and ink. Messengers were very bright people who could instantly memorize spoken words, convey them inaccurately and in a timely fashion, and who could hunt down people in far-flung city without telephones as fast as they could. The messenger would then memorize the response, and convey it back to the original sender.
Nearly every single building in Southwest D.C. was demolished in the late 1950s and early 1960s as part of a massive urban renewal project. Wheat Row was one of the very, very, very few houses spared. It was incorporated into the Harbour Square housing development.
Nearby, at 456 N Street SW, is the Edward Simon Lewis House -- built in 1817 for a US Navy clerk. At 468-470 N Street SW, is the Duncanson-Cranch House, also built around 1794. William Cranch was Greenleaf's close friend, and he was later the second personto act as reporter for the US Supreme Court. (He wroted down all the court's decisions, and published them.) William Levering was the architect. (Few homeowners at the time wrote down the name of the architect who designed their homes.) Capt. William M. Duncanson, an Anglo-Indian soldier, lived in half of Cranch's double-wide home from 1795 to 1796 while his own home, The Maples, was undergoing construction.
Both Lewis House and Duncanson-Cranch House are part of Harbor Square as well.
