Shepherd's Row
Metro Stop: Farragut North
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Shepherd's Row and neighboring apartment buildings as they appeared in early 1900s. (Source: Library of Congress)
A piece of diplomatic and architectural history, Shepherd’s Row consisted of three elegant row houses designed in 1873 by governor Alexander Shepherd. In the 1880s, they were the site of the Russian and Chinese embassies and later the homes of U.S. Congressmen. The houses were built right after D.C. passed new building regulations, but Shepherd craftily found ways to get around them. These loopholes served as a precedent for many other buildings in the District built afterwards. The houses were demolished in 1952.