Manhattan Laundry

	Manhattan Laundry
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
Location	1326-1346 Florida Ave., NW; Washington, D.C.
Coordinates	38°55′12″N 77°1′51″W / 38.92000°N 77.03083°W
Built	1877
Architectural style	Art Deco
Part of	Greater U Street Historic District (ID93001129)
NRHP reference No.	94001327
Added to NRHP	November 21, 1994

Manhattan Laundry is a complex of historic buildings located in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

History

The complex originally housed the traction facility for a streetcar company. The oldest building on the site, the west building at 1346 Florida Ave, was built in 1877.^[3] The complex became a printing plant in 1892 and it was converted into a laundry in 1905.^[4] It is part of the expansion of Washington's urban core and industrial development along Florida Avenue.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Trieschmann, Laura V.; Sellin, Anne; Callcott, Stephen (November 1998), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Greater U Street Historic District (PDF), retrieved March 31, 2015.
^ National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (#94001327) (Report). National Register of Historic Places. 1994.
^ "District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites". DC Preservation. Archived from the original on 2011-07-01. Retrieved 2011-11-22.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[GUNom-2] Trieschmann, Laura V.; Sellin, Anne; Callcott, Stephen (November 1998), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Greater U Street Historic District (PDF), retrieved March 31, 2015.

[3] National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (#94001327) (Report). National Register of Historic Places. 1994.

[dcpreservation-4] "District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites". DC Preservation. Archived from the original on 2011-07-01. Retrieved 2011-11-22.

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