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Dessez was elected to the
American Institute of Architects as fellow 1896. He was one of the Washington, D.C., AIA chapter's charter members in 1887 and he served on a committee for the restoration of the
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Kappa House (1908) 1708 S Street, NW. Originally a residence, it became the
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926 F Street Northwest, a three-story brick building for law firm Wold and Cohen.
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Capital Losses: A Cultural History of Washington's Destroyed Buildings,
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The Stoddert (1899), 2900 Q Street NW; Apartment building in Georgetown
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Official residence for the vice president at the Naval Observatory
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