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Buildings at 10, 12, 14, and 16 East Chase Street is a historic set of rowhouses located at
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. Number 10 is a -story brick townhouse with a 3-bay front façade, fitted with marble facing from ground to first floor level. It is believed to have been designed by
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and / or
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, architects of neighboring Christ Church. Numbers 12, 14, and 16, by contrast, are identical -story, two-bay houses constructed of green serpentine
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with contrasting stone detail. The group dates from between 1870 and 1875. They represent a fine example of the
Gothic RevivalThe Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...
style as interpreted for domestic architecture.
The Buildings at 10, 12, 14, and 16 East Chase Street were listed on the
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in 1980.
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