Image: 1721 19th Street, N.W.
Description: A row house located at 1721 19th Street, N.W., (northeast corner of 19th Street and Riggs Place, N.W.) in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Built in 1890, the Queen Anne-style home is designated as a contributing property to the Dupont Circle Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Previous occupants of 1721 19th Street, N.W., (corner house) include the following: Samuel Baldwin Marks Young – a U.S. Army general; veteran of the American Civil War, the Spanish-American War, and Philippine American War; the first president of Army War College; and the first Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army. Lucien Young – an admiral of the U.S. Navy; Commandant of the U.S. naval station in Havana, Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Louis Brownlow – mayor of Washington, D.C.; journalist; author; political scientist; member of the Cosmos Club. Usha Selvanayagam – employee of the Indian embassy.
Title: 1721 19th Street, N.W.
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