Thomas Franklin Schneider
Thomas Franklin Schneider (born 1859 in Washington, D.C. — d. 1938) was an American architect who designed about 2,000 houses in the capital city area. Among his important buildings are the Cairo Apartment Building, The Forest Inn, the Rochambeau, the Stoneleigh Court, the Ethelhurst, and his own private home, the Schneider House.
Thomas Franklin Schneider

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- Name
- Thomas Franklin Schneider
- Born
- 1859
- Birthplace
- Washington, D.C.
- Died
- 1938
- Occupation
- Architect
- Nationality
- United States
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Thomas Franklin Schneider (born 1859 in Washington, D.C. — d. 1938) was an American architect who designed about 2,000 houses in the capital city area. Among his important buildings are the Cairo Apartment Building, The Forest Inn, the Rochambeau, the Stoneleigh Court, the Ethelhurst, and his own private home, the Schneider House.
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Schneider's parents were printers who moved from Germany to Washington, D.C, in 1830. After high school, Schneider worked for the architectural firm of Adolf Cluss and Schultze. While there, he worked on the construction of the Arts and Industries Building. He opened his own firm at age 24 and by 30 had designed The Cairo and The Forest Inn. Schneider also created the city's first bus company.
The American Political Science Association headquarters, Pi Sigma Alpha headquarters, and Phi Beta Delta Society Executive Office located at 1527 New Hampshire Avenue, NW in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington The Richardsonian Romanesque building (originally two separate residences, 1527 and 1529, until the 1940s) was designed by noted architect Thomas Franklin Schneider in 1889. It's a
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Buildings located at 1729-1737 Connecticut Avenue NW in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. 1737 was originally a house built in 1889 and designed by Thomas Franklin Schneider. 1731-1735 were originally houses built in 1891 and designed by B. Stanley Simmons. 1729 was a house built in 1892 and designed by William M. Poindexter. The buildings are contributing properties to the Dupo
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• Name — Thomas Franklin Schneider • Born — 1859 • Birthplace — Washington, D.C. • Died — 1938 • Occupation — Architect
Buildings by Schneider
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• Name — Address (Washington, DC, unless noted) — Date — Built for — Current use — Image • 12 Logan Circle — 12 Logan Circle, NW • 1527 New Hampshire Avenue — 1527 New Hampshire Avenue, NW — 1889 — Benjamin West Blanchard — American Political Science Association headquarters, Pi Sigma Alpha headquarters, and Phi Beta Delta Society Executive Office — • 900 block of T Street, NW • 900 block of Westminster Street, NW — 1893 — • The Albemarle — 1830 17th Street, NW — |1900 — • W. Taylor Birch House — 3099 Q Street, NW — |1890 — • Cairo Apartment Building — 1615 Q Street NW — 1894 — Condominium — • Alfred S. Gillett House — 1614 20th Street NW — 1893 — Alfred Gillett, insurance magnate — Home of the Association of American Law Schools — • Inn at Forest Glen — 9610 Dewitt Drive, Silver Spring, MD — 1887 — Forest Glen Improvement Company — Condominium/Apartments — • The Iowa — 1325 13th Street, NW — 1901 — Condominium — • Moses House — 2129 Wyoming Avenue, NW — 1893 — businessman W.H. Moses — Embassy of the Republic of Macedonia in Washington, D.C. — • Panama Legation — Intersection of New Hampshire Avenue, 18th Street, and Q Street, NW — Demolished — • Schneider Mansion — 18th & Q Streets, NW — 1891 — Own use — Demolished 1958 — • Schneider Row Houses — 1700 block of Q Street, NW — 1889-92 — Self — • Schneider Triangle — Bounded by Washington Circle, New Hampshire Ave. NW, K, 22nd, and L Sts. NW — 1889 — John W. Paine — • John Paine Mansion (AKA The Castle) — 49 2nd Street, Troy NY — 1894 — John Paine — Paine Castle Inc. Not for Profit — • Illustration — PKPCastle • The Ethelhurst — 1012 15th Street NW — 1903 — The Architect Hotel —
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- 1.Stephens, Kenneth R. T. F. Schneider. The Seminary at Forest Glen. Operant Websites. May 21, 1998.
- 2.Thomas F. Schneider. Operant.com.
- 3.Valerie Paschall. See a Thomas Franklin Schneider Building's New Life as Condos. Dc.curbed.com. June 23, 2014.
- 4.Bednar, Michael. L'Enfant's Legacy: Public Open Spaces in Washington. JHU Press. March 8, 2006. 9780801883187.
- 5.http://ipsonet.org/web/page/380/sectionid/373/pagelevel /2/interior.asp
- 6.Williams, Paul K. Greater U Street. Arcadia Publishing. 21. 2002. 978-0-7385-1423-9.
- 7.The Razor Sharp Gillett Mansion Near Dupont Circle. househistoryman.blogspot.com. December 15, 2013.
- 8.T.F. Schneider. www.operant.com.
- 9.The Iowa Condominium. www.iowacondodc.com.
- 10.Tests produits, news high tech et actualités informatique - CNET France.
- 11.Account Suspended. www.washingtonhistory.com.
- 12.Schneider Triangle - Archiplanet.
- 13.Castle Alpha Tau Foundation, Inc. - The John Paine Mansion. www.castleatf.org.
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