Hilleary T. Burrows House

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Hilleary T. Burrows House
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Location4520 River Road, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
Coordinates 38°57′20″N77°5′25″W / 38.95556°N 77.09028°W / 38.95556; -77.09028 Coordinates: 38°57′20″N77°5′25″W / 38.95556°N 77.09028°W / 38.95556; -77.09028
Built1910
Architectural style Queen Anne
MPS American University Park in Washington, D.C.: Its Early Houses, Pre-Civil War to 1911 MPS [1]
NRHP reference No. 11000377 [2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 27, 2011
Designated DCIHSAugust 23, 2001

The Hilleary T. Burrows House is an historic Queen Anne style home, located at 4520 River Road, Northwest, Washington, D.C., west of Tenley Circle, in the Tenleytown neighborhood.

It was built in 1897, from H. Galloway Ten Eyck pattern book, by B. N. Burgoyne. [3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. [4]

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References

  1. http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/pending/P20110514.htm [ dead link ]
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. "The Tenleytown Historical Society".
  4. "Tenleytown Historical Society: Tenleytown Neighborhoods & Subdivisions - American University Park".