The Olympia - View this location on map Built in 1898, the Olympia is the only remaining apartment house from the first wave of construction spurred by the opening of the electric streetcar line in 1892 along upper 14 Street in Columbia Heights. With the new convenience of public transit uptown, these buildings created the city s first apartment corridor. Stylistically, the Olympia is also notable as a transitional mixture of Victorian and Beaux Arts design, reflecting the period from about 1895 to 1905 when monumental classicism returned to favor in Washington. In architect Albert B. Morgan s design, the stark verticality of hexagonal bays contrasts with the tripartite horizontal layering and design motifs of a classical façade. 1368 Euclid Street, NW, Washington , DC Historical

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