The Foggy Bottom Historic District is a unique resource to the District of Columbia that must be preserved and enhanced. The historic district was designated and included in the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 and 1987, respectively. It is characterized by low scale residential structures forming a cohesive neighborhood of modest dwellings. Given the high density development pressures caused by the proximity of the Central Employment Area, George Washington University, medical clinics, and hotels, strong protection is needed to retain the historic district's low-scale residential character, human scale streetscape, and historic character.
The Foggy Bottom (FB) Overlay District has the identical boundaries of the Foggy Bottom Historic District and is applied to the area, the boundaries of which begin at the intersection of K and 25th Streets, N.W., and proceed as follows: east along the center line of K Street, turning south along the eastern edge of Lot 19 in Square 28 to the northern edge of the alley; then eastward and southward along the alley to the northern boundary of Lot 92 in Square 28; then eastward to the center line of 24th Street; then south along the center line of 24th Street to New Hampshire Avenue; then southwest along the center line of New Hampshire to H Street; west along the center line of H Street to 25th Street; north along the center line of 25th Street to the southern edge of Lot 42 in Square 17; then west along the lot line to the alley in Square 17; then through the alley and then north along the western line of Lot 848 (encompassing Lots 812 through 820, 28 through 35, and 834, 848, and 849) in Square 17 to the center line of I Street; then west along the center line of I Street to the center line of 26th Street; then north on 26th Street to the northern edge of Lot 73 in Square 16; then east along the northern edge of Lot 73 to the easternmost corner of Hughes Mews and then south along the eastern edge of Hughes Mews to the northern edge of Lots 883, 858, and 856; then east along the lots to the center line of 25th Street; then north along the center line of 25th Street to the origination point at the center line of K Street. The FB Overlay District includes the following: Square 16, excluding Lots 884, 863, 93, 17, 71, and 2009 through 2161 (The Griffin Condominium Apartment Building); Square 17, excluding Lots 2001 through 2051 (The Plaza Condominium Apartment Building); Square 28, excluding Lots 884 and 168; and Square 29 in its entirety.
The purposes of the FB Overlay District is to:
D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 11-1521