Heurich-Parks House

Christian "Chris" Heurich, Jr. (1901–1979) was the heir to the Chr. Heurich Brewing Co. in Washington D. C.[2] He married Consuelo Young in 1925,[3] and that year William H. and Mary M. West sold Heurich Lots 9 and 10, 3400 Massachusetts Avenue on Observatory Circle, Washington, D.C..[4]

A two-story brick, tile, and stucco, L-plan residence was designed by architect Albert S.J. Atkinson, and may have been decorated by the New York firm of H.F. Huber & Company, the same firm that designed the interiors of the Heurich mansion in Dupont Circle that was built from 1892-1894 by his father, Christian Heurich. The National Park Service estimates the cost of the original construction for the Century Revival-Mission/Spanish style architecture house to have been $30,000.[4] A two-story expansion designed by Porter & Lockie was added in 1938, and constructed by William P. Lipscomb and Company. The expansion included a rectangular terrace.[5] Fred Drew Construction Company strengthened the foundation of a portion of the house with underpinning in 1941, and a two-story “servants quarters” was added in 1948 by the same construction company.[6] Chris and Consuelo divorced on September 5, 1951.[7]

Consuelo Young Heurich sold the house to ophthalmologist Marshall M. Parks (1918–2005) and his wife Angeline Miller Parks on June 27, 1960.[8] Dr. Parks and his wife ran an ophthalmology practice out of the home. In 1960, Parks added a Porter & Lockie-designed wing on the house to accommodate his practice.[9][10]

The house was added to the NRHP in western Washington, D.C. on October 13, 2015.[5]

• Christian Heurich Mansion

• Gentry, John (October 13, 2015), National Register of Historic Places Registration: Heurich-Parks House (PDF), National Park Service, retrieved May 29, 2017 With 17 photos from 2014, and 2015.