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Milton Apartments: 1920

Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Milton Apartments, H Street N.W." Where the amenities include a mounting block for stepping into one's carriage. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Milton Apartments, H Street N.W." Where the amenities include a mounting block for stepping into one's carriage. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

 

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Below is the same view from June of 2016.

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The Bachelor was looking dapper this morning.

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The site is now occupied by the Editors Building (now a Hampton Inn), completed in 1950, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in March 2015.

Mute, inglorious Miltons

Alsatian is right. And the building visible at left is The Bachelor at 1737 H St. NW, which is still there today (albeit as an office building, not apartments). You can see one of its distinctive "B" crests at top left.

Oops. Someone goofed long ago.

That's not the Melton. That's the Milton. The Melton was at 318 New York Ave NW, but the transom on the building on the right is 1727. No building with a 1727 number is anywhere near 318 New York.

But The Milton was at 1727 H Street NW.

Sources: 1909 Boyds Directory, 1903-1916 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map.

Both the Milton (as shown), and the Melton (whatever it looked like) have been long demolished.

[Excellent detective work. - Dave]

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