Hecht Company Warehouse

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Hecht Company Warehouse
Exterior view of the striking facade made of glass blocks and glazed bricks (2012)

Exterior view of the striking facade made of glass blocks and glazed bricks (2012)

Data
place Washington, DC
builder Abbott, Merkt & Co .; Steel, Gilbert V.
Construction year 1937
Coordinates 38 ° 54'52 "  N , 76 ° 59'6"  W Coordinates: 38 ° 54'52 "  N , 76 ° 59'6"  W.
particularities
Monument on the National Register of Historic Places (District of Columbia)

The Hecht Company Warehouse in Washington, DC in the Ivy City borough is a Streamline Modern building from 1937. It was designed by Gilbert V. Steel of the Washington engineering firm Abbott and Merkt, New York Avenue. It served as the central warehouse for the trading company Hecht’s . In 1948 the building was enlarged.

In the building facade, glass blocks were used in a larger style. A star-shaped, twelve-pointed dome on the corner of Okie and Fenwick Streets is also made of glass bricks that are illuminated at night. At the height of the fifth floor, the lettering “The Hecht Co” is worked into the glass block facade with black bricks.

When it opened, the building included an auto repair shop as well as air conditioning for the basement and the first two floors. There was also a separate siding with three platforms.

In 1992 the building was refurbished using suitable materials.

The inclusion as a monument in the national register of historic sites took place on May 25, 1994 under the reference number 94000446.

After the warehouse was closed in 2006, the building was empty. In 2014 it was reopened as a complex with apartments, offices and retail, largely unchanged from the outside.

Web links

Commons : Hecht's Warehouse (Washington, DC)  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hecht Company Warehouse. (PDF; 1.0 MB) In: National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service, December 1, 2008, accessed September 22, 2013 .
  2. ^ Alejandro Lazo: Developer Purchases Old Hecht's Warehouse. In: The Washington Post . washingtonpost.com, December 17, 2007, p. D01 , accessed November 24, 2009 .
  3. ^ Allan Lengel: A Landmark Readies for Change. In: The Washington Post . washingtonpost.com, June 18, 2007, p. D03 , accessed November 24, 2009 .
  4. ^ Hecht Company Warehouse in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 1, 2017.
  5. ↑ 10 Art Deco buildings every DC resident should know . In: Curbed DC . ( curbed.com [accessed August 3, 2017]).