1518 W Street, SE

Built by H.A. Linger, President of the Anacostia Building Association. The Anacostia Building Association, along with other developers in the area, built many modest, low-scale houses for the District’s burgeoning working-class residents, many of whom were employed across the river in the Navy Yard. One of the home’s earliest residents was Alfred Kaufman, a prominent builder in Southeast Washington. Like its neighbors, 1518 W Street, SE is a single-family, wood frame, Queen Anne home with scalloped shingles in the gable, bracketed eaves under the roof, and a hipped roof front porch.

The house retains its original wood siding and trim, as well as the restoration of four original windows, which were fitted with custom storm windows.