Snowden Ashford (1866–1927) was an American architect who worked in Washington, D.C., his native city. Born on January 1, 1866, Ashford was educated at Rittenhouse Academy and at the Christian Brothers Roman Catholic school. He studied architecture at

Lafayette College Lafayette College is a private liberal arts college in Easton, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1826 by James Madison Porter and other citizens in Easton, the college first held classes in 1832. The founders voted to name the college after General Laf ...

and, upon graduation, entered the office of

Alfred B. Mullett Alfred Bult Mullett (April 7, 1834 – October 20, 1890) was a British-American architect who served from 1866 to 1874 as Supervising Architect, head of the agency of the United States Treasury Department that designed federal government build ...

, who had formerly been supervising architect of the United States Treasury. Ashford entered the District service in 1895 and became Washington's first municipal architect. The ''Washington Post'' characterized him as "Architect of the Everyday", and noted: "Ashford designed or supervised everything the District built between 1895 and 1921, including the North Hall at the Eastern Market. But he was most proud of his schools."Architect of the Everyday, Washington Post, November 6, 2005
/ref> A number of his works are listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

(NRHP).

Works

Works include: *

Samuel Taylor Suit Cottage The Samuel Taylor Suit Cottage, also known as the Berkeley Castle or Berkeley Springs Castle, is located on a hill above Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, United States. History The castle-like house was built for Colonel Samuel Taylor Suit ...

, also known as the Berkeley Castle *

Eastern Market, Washington, D.C. The Eastern Market is a public market in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., housed in a 19th-century brick building. Eastern Market was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. It is located on 7th Street, S. ...

, 1908 expansion (North Hall) *

Alexander Crummell School The Alexander Crummell School is an Elizabethan Revival school building, located at 1900 Gallaudet Street and Kendall Street, Northeast, Washington, D.C., in the Ivy City neighborhood. History It was designed by Snowden Ashford in 1910, and nam ...

, designed 1910, built 1913, Kendall and Gallaudet Streets, NE, Washington, D.C., NRHP-listed *

Military Road School The Military Road School is an historic public school building in the Brightwood neighborhood in the Northwest Quadrant of Washington, D.C. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. Since 2003, it has been occupied by ...

, 1375 Missouri Ave., NW, Washington, D.C., NRHP-listed * Jesse Reno School, designed 1903 * Normal School for Colored Girls, 2565 Georgia Ave., NW., Washington, D.C., NRHP-listed as the Miner Normal School, built 1913 * Park View School, Washington, D.C., school built 1916, NRHP-listed * Dunbar High School, Washington, D.C., original building 1916 (demolished 1977) * Municipal Fish Market completed in 1918 *

Nathaniel Parker Gage School Nathaniel Parker Gage School is an historic structure located in the Bloomingdale neighborhood in the Northwest Quadrant of Washington, D.C. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. The building now houses condominiums ...

, addition designed by Ashford *

Duke Ellington School of the Arts The Duke Ellington School of the Arts (established 1974) is a high school located at 35th Street and R Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C., and dedicated to arts education. One of the high schools of the District of Columbia Public School syst ...

(formerly Western High School), Washington, D.C. * Eastern High School, Washington, D.C. *

Engine Company 12 Engine Company 12 is a former fire station and a historic structure located in the Bloomingdale neighborhood and on North Capitol Street in Washington, D.C. The engine company was established on July 1, 1897, with an 1884 Clapp & Jones 450 GPM s ...

, 1626 N. Capitol St., NW, Washington, D.C., NRHP-listed *

Engine Company 17 Engine Company No. 17 also known as Chemical Company No. 4 and the Brookland Firehouse, is a historic firehouse located at 1227 Monroe Street, NE, Washington, D.C. It was constructed in 1902 and housed an early “chemical company” which fought ...

, 1235 Monroe St. NE, Washington, D.C., NRHP-listed *

Engine Company 23 Engine Company 23 is a fire station and a historic structure located in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The two-story Italianate style building was a collaboration of the Washington, D.C. architectural firm of Hornblower & Marsh ...

, 2119 G, NW Washington, D.C., NRHP-listed * Engine Company No. 25, 3203 Martin Luther King Jr., Ave SE, Washington, D.C., NRHP-listed *

Margaret Murray Washington School Margaret Murray Washington School, also known as the M.M. Washington Career High School, is a historic structure located in the Truxton Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was entered in the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites ...

, 27 O St., NW, Washington, D.C., NRHP-listed

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* 19th-century American architects 1866 births 1927 deaths Architects from Washington, D.C. Lafayette College alumni 20th-century American architects {{US-architect-stub