1347 Maple View Place, SE
Anacostia Historic District
Built 1887
1347 Maple View Place, SE was a long vacant, two-story, Queen-Anne style house in the Anacostia Historic District on the verge of demolition by neglect. Built between 1887 and 1894, 1347 Maple View Place, SE stands at the top of the street with a direct view of the United States Capitol.
The wood frame house features a cross-gable roof with an exaggerated overhanging eave that creates a covered front porch. Other distinct features of the house are the original, reeded, drop siding, decorative window dressings, front bay window and louvered ventilator.