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7th and H Streets NW
 German Roots in Washington

  • East Side of 7th Street Looking North from H Street NW, August 2010. Photo credit: Goethe-Institut Washington/William Gilcher

    East Side of 7th Street Looking North from H Street NW, August 2010.

  • West Side of 7th Street Looking North from H Street NW, August 2010. Photo credit: Goethe-Institut Washington/William Gilcher

    West Side of 7th Street Looking North from H Street NW, August 2010.

  • Chinese lettering on historically German-American buildings are a standard in the neighborhood today (photo 2000). Photo credit: Goethe-Institut Washington/William Gilcher

    Chinese lettering on historically German-American buildings are a standard in the neighborhood today (photo 2000).

  • The Chinatown Gate is located on H Street, just east of 7th Street. The characters on the archway, read from right to left as zhongguo cheng, mean Chinese city or Chinese quarters - that this is Chinatown (photo 2000). Photo credit: Goethe-Institut Washington/William Gilcher

    The Chinatown Gate is located on H Street, just east of 7th Street. The characters on the archway, read from right to left as zhongguo cheng, mean Chinese city or Chinese quarters - that this is Chinatown (photo 2000).

  • Bay window on 2nd floor of Germuiller building at 800 7th St NW, 2000. Photo credit: Goethe-Institut Washington/William Gilcher

    Bay window on 2nd floor of Germuiller building at 800 7th St NW, 2000.

  • West Side of 7th Street Looking North from H Street NW, August 2000. Photo credit: Goethe-Institut Washington/William Gilcher

    West Side of 7th Street Looking North from H Street NW, August 2000.

  • North Side of H Street Looking West from 7th Street NW, August 2000. Photo credit: Goethe-Institut Washington/William Gilcher

    North Side of H Street Looking West from 7th Street NW, August 2000.

  • West Side of 7th Street Looking North from H Street NW, August 2000. Photo credit: Goethe-Institut Washington/William Gilcher

    West Side of 7th Street Looking North from H Street NW, August 2000.

  • West Side of 7th Street Looking North from H Street NW, 1949. Photo credit: Historical Society of Washington, DC, John P. Wymer Collection

    West Side of 7th Street Looking North from H Street NW, 1949.

  • East Side of 7th Street Looking North from H Street NW. The street as it looked on October 23, 1949. Julius Germuiller's building at 819-821, once Grogan's Furniture, has become Peerless Furniture by 1949. Photo credit: Historical Society of Washington, DC, John P. Wymer Collection

    East Side of 7th Street Looking North from H Street NW. The street as it looked on October 23, 1949. Julius Germuiller's building at 819-821, once Grogan's Furniture, has become Peerless Furniture by 1949.

West Side of 7th Street Looking North from H Street N.W. The shoe store at the corner is now Starbuck's (note: the building was designed by Julius Germuiller), and G. C. Murphy's 5 & 10 is just south of where you'll find Goethe-Institut today. 
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