Category:Brownley Confectionery Building

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<nowiki>Brownley Confectionery Building; building in Washington, D.C., United States of America; gebouw in de Verenigde Staten</nowiki>
Brownley Confectionery Building 
building in Washington, D.C., United States of America
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LocationWashington, D.C., District of Columbia
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Inception
  • 1932
Map38° 53′ 51″ N, 77° 01′ 50″ W
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Wikidata Q4976596
NRHP reference number: 94001408
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English: The Brownley Confectionery Building located at 1309 F Street NW in downtown Washington, D.C.

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  • Richard Striner, Melissa Blair (30 April 2014) "Washington and Baltimore Art Deco" in "Four: Commercial Architecture" in Washington and Baltimore Art Deco - A Design History of Neighboring Cities, Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, p. 77 ISBN: 978-1-4214-1162-0.
    "​ Among the earliest Deco stores in Washington were two commercial buildings commissioned by the local Brownley's confectionery company and built across the street from each other in 1932. One of them survives. ... ",
    "​ The building that the Brownleys constructed at 1300 F Street NW, at the southwest corner of the intersection of F and 13th Streets, was a two-story, horizontal and rectangular creation clad in limestone. ... / The retail space in this building was preliminarily leased by the Gordon Millinery Company, the Shapiro Company (a women's clothing chain), and De Young Shoes, Ewart's Cafeteria, of Richmond, Virginia, leased the basement. In the 1980s this building was destroyed by the federally chartered Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation (PADC) to clear the site for the enormous National Place complex. ",
    "​ Across the street, at 1309 F Street, is the four-story vertical building designed to house the confectionery, including the candy store, the kitchen, and the bake shop. ... The building was survives as a brilliant example of early Art Deco design. ... / The most striking ornamental section rose above the entrance ... "

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