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- Leon_E._Dessez abstract "Leon Emil Dessez (April 12, 1858 - December 25, 1918) was an architect in Washington D.C.. He designed public buildings in Washington D.C. and residences in Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, including some of the first in Chevy Chase, Maryland, where he was the community's first resident. His work includes the 1893 the conversion of 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, The Shepherd Centennial Building, into the Raleigh Hotel (razed in 1911) and the Normal School for Colored Girls (1913) designed with Snowden Ashford.Dessez began his career employed under Colonel Thomas Lincoln Casey on plans for the Washington Monument and spent three years as an architectural and engineering draftsman in the Navy Yard at Washington. He and Lindley Johnson of Philadelphia designed the first four houses in Chevy Chase, Maryland and Dessez became its first resident.Dessez was born in Washington, D.C. on April 12, 1858. Bessie Semmes Dessez (- March 20, 1945), mother of Captain J.H.S. Dessez and Elizabeth S. Dessez.Dessez was elected to the American Institute of Architects as fellow 1896. He was one of the Washington D.C. AIA chapter's charter members in 1887 and he served on a committee for the restoration of the Octagon House, now the AIA headquarters. He also worked pro bono to develop Washington D.C.'s building codes and investigated school building construction and design. He died in Washington D.C. December 25, 1918.Properties he is credited with designing listed on the National Register of Historic Places include Lucinda Cady House, 7064 Eastern Ave., NW. Washington, DC; Engine House No. 10, 1341 Maryland Ave., NE. Washington, DC; Miner Normal School, 2565 Georgia Ave., NW. Washington, DC; and Truck Company F, 1336-1338 Park Rd. NW Washington, DC.".
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- Leon_E._Dessez comment "Leon Emil Dessez (April 12, 1858 - December 25, 1918) was an architect in Washington D.C.. He designed public buildings in Washington D.C. and residences in Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, including some of the first in Chevy Chase, Maryland, where he was the community's first resident.".
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