Longtime Property Watch readers (or longtime observers of local architecture) are familiar with Frederick Anhalt, the prolific yet whimsical builder of the 1920s—we can’t get enough of his tiny castle homes.
Anhalt, while never officially an architect, helped define the visual identity of Capitol Hill with historic Revival-style apartments. His designs bring to mind medieval European villages; their layouts feel more like houses than today’s typical multifamily developments do. This condo in the Twin Gables building at 16th and Republican, built in 1929, is more like a rowhouse, with two stories and a charming tree-lined entry from an equally charming courtyard.
A second-floor balcony creates
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