DC's connection to Yellowstone
The Washington architect who designed Yellowstone's original Lake Hotel drew this turreted U Street rowhouse the following spring.
Connected to History
Designed in 1892 by Nicholas T. Haller, the Washington architect behind Yellowstone's original Lake Hotel, this turreted brick Victorian pairs high ceilings, light-filled rooms and historic details with modern finishes that blend beautifully. This 4 bedroom, 3.5 bath rowhouse has amazing space, a fully furnished Airbnb-ready apartment - all in an amazing location.
The main upper unit has a chef's kitchen, a charming living room with built-in shelving (added in 2021), a half bath and an architect-designed rear patio for entertaining or lounging. The second level has two large bedrooms and a hall bath, while the third floor is the primary suite, complete with a wet bar, beautiful primary bedroom with built-in storage closets (added in 2021), a 5 piece primary bath, stacked laundry, and a separate office or nursery.
The lower level legal CofO apartment was renovated in 2020 and conveys fully furnished. The sellers earned between $4,000 and $7,000/mo with seasonal variations as a short term rental. Later, they rented the upper unit for $6,750 plus utilities and changed to a 30+ day rental for the basement, which averaged $3,000/mo.
Nearly all the systems have been replaced in the last two years - boiler (2024), HVAC system (2024), hot water heater (2024). Modern and efficient radiators heat the home, with a mix of minisplits and central HVAC systems that both heat and cool to create multiple zones for efficient temperature control.
Set in the Greater U Street Historic District, the location is phenomenal - just 1.5 blocks from the green/yellow U St metro, with the YMCA and Sweetgreen around the corner, and Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, Ben's Chili Bowl and all the bars, restaurants and retail of U Street and 14th Street steps away!
The rooms
- U Street about 0.2 mi
- Harrison Recreation Center about 0.1 mi
- Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park about 0.5 mi
- Yes! Organic about 0.1 mi
- Streets Market and Cafe about 0.2 mi
- Trader Joe's about 0.3 mi
- La Colombe Coffee Roasters about 0.1 mi
- Gori Cafe about 0.2 mi
- Tatte Bakery & Cafe about 0.2 mi
- Maydan about 0.1 mi
- Alero Restaurant and Lounge about 0.2 mi
- Eatopia Eatery about 0.2 mi
- Franklin Hall about 0.1 mi
- Red Lounge about 0.2 mi
- Madabolic about 0.2 mi
- SoulCycle about 0.2 mi
- YMCA Anthony Bowen about 0.1 mi
- Busboys and Poets about 0.2 mi
- Garrison Elementary School about 0.5 mi
- Cardozo Education Campus about 0.3 mi
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Nicholas T. Haller designed the park's original hotel, which opened in 1891 and is now a National Historic Landmark. He drew this row in March 1892.
One 1892 permit covered nine three-story rowhouses wrapping the corner of 13th and W, about $6,000 each. Each had a pressed-brick front and a mansard roof in tin and slate.
Built in 1892 as streetcars on 14th Street filled these blocks with rowhouses, the house stood through the half century when this was the center of Black Washington. Today it's a contributing building in the Greater U Street Historic District.
Haller drew this house when the streetcar on 14th Street was the reason to live here. Now, 134 years later, 14th St is the place to live again.
2130 13th Street NW, a four-bedroom brick Victorian with a turret in the Greater U Street Historic District, is for sale through Avery Boyce of the City & Sky team at Compass. The house was designed in 1892 by Nicholas T. Haller, a Washington architect who had just completed the original Lake Hotel in Yellowstone National Park. The hotel opened in 1891 and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2015. Permit #1838, filed March 30, 1892, covered nine three-story rowhouses for developer J. H. Merriweather. The total cost was $54,000, about $6,000 per house, and each had a pressed-brick front and a mansard roof of tin and slate. Eight of the nine are identified today, at 2130–2134 13th Street and 1302–1310 W Street, and all are contributing buildings in the historic district. Public records list the house as built in 1895, but the permit puts it three years earlier. Today the house has 4 bedrooms and 3.5 baths. That includes a renovated lower-level apartment with a legal Certificate of Occupancy, which conveys fully furnished. The boiler, HVAC system and water heater were all replaced in 2024. The house is 1.5 blocks from the U Street Metro. A professional house history of the property is held in the Paul K. Williams House History Collection at the DC Public Library's People's Archive. Timeline 1791: L'Enfant's plan puts this block just inside the city's northern edge, Boundary Street, now Florida Avenue. 1862–1890s: Streetcar lines along 14th Street open the area to speculative building. In 1877, the Washington & Georgetown Railroad builds a car barn a block north, later the Manhattan Laundry. 1890–1892: The Harrison School opens at the 13th and V end of the block. Haller and Meriwether build the row at 13th and W. 1900–1950: The area becomes the residential and commercial center of Black Washington, a "city within a city." In 1912 the 12th Street YMCA opens its building. It traces back to the YMCA Anthony Bowen founded in 1853, the first open to African Americans. Its successor, YMCA Anthony Bowen, is around the corner at 1325 W Street. 1968: Unrest after Dr. King's assassination heavily damages the 14th and U corridor. 1991: The U Street Metro station opens. 1998: The Greater U Street Historic District is designated, on both the DC Inventory and the National Register. 2019–2024: The house is renovated, the lower-level apartment is redone in 2020, and the major systems are replaced in 2024.
Download press bundleYellowstone, meet U Street. In 1892, Nicholas T. Haller, the Washington architect behind Yellowstone's original Lake Hotel, designed a row of nine brick houses at 13th and W. 2130 13th St NW is one of them, turret and all. Today it has 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, a legal furnished apartment downstairs and all-new systems, 1.5 blocks from the U Street Metro. Link in bio.
Download social bundle2130 13th St NW, Washington DC 20009 List price: $1,399,000 — 4 BD | 3.5 BA | 2,528 SF | $553/SF
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