83:. Their private gallery was housed in the adjoining building to their home at what-is-now 3304 0 Street. In addition, T.E. Waggaman's real estate investments included several prominent properties in the DC region - including Woodley Park (owner from 1888-1904), Wesley Heights, Morris Addition, and Pennsylvania Avenue Heights. However, in 1904, Thomas E. Waggaman declared bankruptcy and moved from Washington to
107:. Upon his mother's death in 1889, Waggaman moved to Europe and studied under a private, French tutor. Although his European education explored a number of topics, he became particularly fascinated by architecture - especially French and Italian Classicism. His French tutor encouraged Waggaman to continue his architectural pursuits, although it would be several years before Waggaman formally did so.
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maternal grandfather and namesake. This substantial fortune formed the financial stability that allowed
Waggaman to establish his own architectural practice. At the age of 28, Waggaman's first architectural project was a personal project in Woodley Park, where he and his family lived until 1917. The property was located 2600 Connecticut Avenue, NW (now demolished).
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Kalorama neighborhoods. Several of their projects involved renovating Victorian buildings with classical, limestone facades and the two are accredited with unifying the architectural style of Connecticut Avenue's commercial buildings.
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Waggaman's early career, the Dupont Circle area was booming as cheap land prices and the widening of Connecticut Avenue encouraged several wealthy Northerners, including senators, to build winter homes. Waggaman's prior experience in his father's real-estate business provided him with a strong
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Daniel Boone "Clarke" Waggaman was born on
November 16, 1877, at his family's home of 1008 13th Street in Washington, D.C. to Thomas Ennals Waggaman (December 17, 1839 - June 27, 1906) and Mary Agnes Clarke Waggaman (1850 - December 4, 1889). He was named after his maternal grandfather, Dr. Daniel
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During the span of his twelve year career as an architect, Waggaman designed an impressive 135 buildings, several of which are currently protected as national historic place or L'Enfant Trust historic properties. Several surviving buildings can be found throughout various neighborhoods of DC, most
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After graduating law school, Clarke
Waggaman worked as an attorney for his father's business until its bankruptcy in 1905. Only after his father's real-estate business went bankrupt did Waggaman begin to pursue the practice of architecture. In 1906, Waggaman inherited a large sum of money from his
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In 1917, Waggaman combined his talents by partnering with George N. Ray, who was formally trained in architecture at the
University of Pennsylvania. Like Waggaman, Ray shared an affinity for French classicism, the Ecole des Beaux Arts, and the City Beautiful Movement. Their firm, "Waggaman &
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Waggamans were a wealthy, established Maryland family. At age seven, the Waggaman family moved to 3300 0 Street in Georgetown. Clarke's father, Thomas E. Waggaman, worked as a real-estate broker and was once considered one of the wealthiest men in DC at the height of his career. He used his
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Despite his family's bankruptcy (which resulted in a public auction of the
Waggaman family's art collection), Clarke Waggaman received a large inheritance from his maternal grandfather and namesake just two years later. This inheritance would form the financial backing for Clarke Waggaman's
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Waggaman met his future wife and fellow Washingtonian-native, Grace Knowlton, while studying in Europe. The two courted for two years before returning home to Washington, D.C. They were married at his grandfather's farm, called "Valley View" located on Foxhall Road.
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Waggaman's twelve-year career included a short, two-year partnership with George
Nicholas Ray before Waggaman's untimely death. Together, the two redefined several buildings along the corridor of Connecticut Avenue, including
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network of clientele. His interest in French and Italian Classicism was especially appreciated by these wealthy clients, and he was soon receiving commissions for both townhouses and country estates.
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growing wealth to invest in art and public projects - most notably having one of the first art collections in the United States to include works of French artists
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Summer Camp + Village Hall at Bradley Boulevard, Offutt Road, and Rockvillle Great Falls Road, Bradley Hills (now Bethesda), Maryland
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prominently Dupont Circle. The following buildings in Washington, DC are known projects of Clarke Waggaman or Waggaman & Ray:
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Waggaman moved back to Washington, D.C., to pursue a law degree on the insistence of his father. In 1901, Waggaman graduated from
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2026 R St, NW (1907 and even renovated by C. Waggaman in 1915) - currently home to Interior Designer,
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In 1919, Clarke Waggaman contracted the 1918 flu pandemic and died shortly after. He was 42 years old.
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Five Row Houses for Harry Kite, 19th Street and R Street, NW (1915) - including 1719 19th Street, NW
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They had a son: Wolcott Clarke Waggaman, who went on to become an architect like his father.
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Office Building for William Hitz at Connecticut Avenue and L Street, NW (1914)
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Store Building on H Street, NW (between 13th and 14th Street) (1915)
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1600 New Hampshire Avenue, NW (1913-1914) - currently home to the
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Residence at Massachusetts Avenue and 30th Street, NW (1917-1918)
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Williams Residence at Massachusetts Avenue and 30th Street, NW (
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Housing Development at 20th Street and Belmont Street, NW (1915)
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Historical Research of Le Bourget: 2127 California Street, N.W.
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Residence at Biltmore Street and Clifbourne Street/Place (1914)
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Glassie, Henry H. (1963). "Victorian Homes in Washington".
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Johnson Residence, Watch Hill, Rhode Island (1915-1916)
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519:Noyes Estate, Sligo (now Silver Spring), Maryland
455:Waggaman designed this house for himself in 1918.
537:McKenney Residence, Kensington, Maryland (1914)
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377:Dunn Residence on Massachusetts Avenue (1914)
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777:Condominium Owner's Site (March 30, 2016).
99:Until the age of twelve, Waggaman attended
804:Records of the Columbia Historical Society
588:U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (1973–1975).
392:Two Residences at 19 Street and R Street (
105:Georgetown College (Georgetown University)
703:. Kelsey & Associates. pp. 8–11.
560:Clarke Waggaman, AIA 1877-1919: A Tribute
337:2340-2342 Massachusetts Avenue, NW (1913)
575:The Waggamans and Their Allied Families
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478:1141-1143 Connecticut Avenue, NW (1917)
386:, 1324 New Hampshire Avenue (1914-1918)
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717:Riney, Lillie (January 28, 2002).
558:Holtzmann, Grace Waggaman (1986).
447:1217 Connecticut Avenue, NW (1916)
374:1638 Connecticut Avenue, NW (1914)
371:at 14th Street and K Street (1914)
334:1147 Connecticut Avenue, NW (1913)
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864:Giambrone, Andrew (2019-08-01).
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460:1533 New Hampshire Avenue (1916)
426:1523 New Hampshire Avenue (1915)
380:2114 Leroy Place, NW (1914–1915)
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573:Edwards, Thomas Clarke (1983).
694:Williams, Paul Kelsey (1998).
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432:1919 19th Street, NW (1916)
343:1627 New Hampshire Avenue (
340:1715 18th Street, NW (1913)
331:1827 19th Street, NW (1913)
313:2124 Leroy Place, NW (1912)
310:2122 Leroy Place, NW (1912)
224:2134 Leroy Place, NW (1911)
51:Waggaman-Ray Commercial Row
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562:. Published by the Author.
420:, 1512 H Street, NW (1915)
36:Massachusetts Ave. Heights
962:Waggaman, Clarke (1917).
938:Waggaman, Clarke (1912).
913:Waggaman, Clarke (1922).
889:Waggaman, Clarke (1907).
783:1728 New Hampshire Avenue
622:"DC Architects Directory"
283:2208 Massachusetts Avenue
719:"Thomas Ennals Waggaman"
414:2000 G Street, NW (1915)
301:1826 R Street, NW (1911)
295:1824 R Street, NW (1911)
292:1820 R Street, NW (1911)
668:. DC Office of Planning
665:DC Architects Directory
469:1614 21st Street (1917)
466:1612 21st Street (1917)
405:2019 R Street NW (1915)
620:EHT Traceries (2010).
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748:"Mary Agnes Waggaman"
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514:Toledo Club Building
503:2346 S St. NW (1918)
411:1744 R St, NW (1915)
358:Embassy of Argentina
352:Embassy of Nicaragua
267:1756 M Street, NW (
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112:Catholic University
779:"Building History"
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328:1710 H Street, NW
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672:14 January
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870:Curbed DC
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