Hecht Company Warehouse

The Hecht Company Warehouse in Washington, D.C. is a Streamline Moderne style building. Designed by engineer Gilbert V. Steel of the New York engineering firm Abbott and Merkt, and prominently located on New York Avenue in Ivy City, it served as the central warehouse for The Hecht Company from its construction in 1937 and expansion in 1948.

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Type: Building
Description: building in Washington, D.C., United States of America
Address: DC

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mount Olivet Cemetery and United States National Arboretum.

Mount Olivet Cemetery

Cemetery

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Mount Olivet Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located at 1300 Bladensburg Road, NE in Washington, D.C. It is maintained by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington. Mount Olivet Cemetery is situated 1,900 feet southeast of Hecht Company Warehouse.

United States National Arboretum

Park

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The United States National Arboretum is an arboretum in northeast Washington, D.C., operated by the United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service.

Union Market

Marketplace

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Union Market is a food hall located in Washington, D.C. It anchors the Union Market District, a neighborhood encompassing high-rise apartments, office buildings, retail, and entertainment options. Union Market is situated 1 mile southwest of Hecht Company Warehouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ivy City and Near Northeast.

Ivy City

Neighborhood

Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.

Ivy City is a small neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C., in the United States. About half the neighborhood is industrial or formerly industrial, dominated by warehouses.

Near Northeast

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Near Northeast refers to the area just north of Capitol Hill and Union Station, but south of Brookland.

Brentwood

Neighborhood

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Brentwood is a neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C., Bounded by Rhode Island Avenue NE, the train tracks of the Rhode Island Ave-Brentwood Metro station, Montana Avenue NE, and New York Avenue NE.

Hecht Company Warehouse

Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.91519° or 38° 54′ 55″ north

Longitude

-76.98442° or 76° 59′ 4″ west

Elevation

92 feet (28 metres)

Levels

Open location code

87C5W288+36

OpenStreetMap ID

way 296967407

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

GeoNames ID

4139058

Wikidata ID

Q5696235

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German: “Hecht Company Warehouse”

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