MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE
Union Station to Lincoln Park
2nd to 4th Streets NE

Sanborn, 1904	Today	Cross Section, 2nd to 3rd St

2nd to 3rd St, North Block	3rd to 4th St, North Block

These blocks provide a distinct break from the character of the previous block. Multi-story buildings dominate the northern side, while two- and three-story buildings serving local commercial uses occupy the southern side. A consistent building setback provides spatial definition to this section of the Avenue. The 1904 Sanborn map indicates that the 2nd to 3rd Street block contained a soda water manufacturing building on the northern side, the Norfolk Hotel on the south side, and numerous row ho uses in between. The 3rd to 4th Streets block contains two- and three-story mixed use row houses on both sides of the Avenue, which is consistent with the building footprints from 1904.