The Massachusetts Parking Shops is a historical neighborhood shopping area built in 1936, among the first developments to integrate the automobile and shopping with off-street parking. It was developed in the modern Colonial Revival style by C. H. Hillegeist following the designs of E. Burton Corning. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]
Massachusetts Avenue Parking Shops | |
 Massachusetts Avenue Parking Shops in 2008 | |
  Location in the District of Columbia  Massachusetts Avenue Parking Shops (the United States) | |
| Location | 4841-4861 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, District of Columbia |
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| Coordinates | 38°56′45″N 77°05′45″W / 38.94595°N 77.09591°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1936 |
| Architect | E. Burton Corning |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 03000670[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 25, 2003 |
Among the first stores in the small complex were a Sanitary Food Store and an A & P Grocery, a pharmacy, Homewood Hardware, Knife & Fork Delicatessen, Pat-a-Cake Bake Shop, Homewood Beauty Shop, Palace Laundry and a Gulf Oil filling station.
National planning publications used the Massachusetts Avenue Parking Shops as a model and small commercial postwar shopping centers were influenced by the style.[2]
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Antoinette Lee and Kim Williams, 1989-2003, National Register of Historic Places Nomination