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There are plenty of iconic and memorable homes in D.C., but none may be as interesting and off-kilter as Brookland’s Round House. Built in 1901, the house on Irving and 10th Streets NE is named after its shape: it’s round, the only house of its kind in D.C.

Now the D.C. Preservation League wants to ensure that it remains that way. The group recently filed an application with the Historic Preservation Office to make the house a historic landmark, thus preventing any significant changes to its exterior. In its application, the Preservation League called the Round House a “quirky and memorable building in a neighborhood known for its individualistic houses.”

The house was occupied and owned by Edith McKinney from 1950 until she died in 2010, and after that it passed between a number of new owners before being bought by developer Martin Ditto. He fully renovated the house and added a new two-story rear section that can’t be seen from the street to increase the house’s square footage; he agreed not to significantly alter the home if the Preservation League held off on filing the application until after the renovations were done.

The home was sold in late December for $760,000.

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