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A. Eberly's Sons
 German Roots in DC

  • 700 block of 7th Street, with traffic, August 2010. Photo: Goethe-Institut Washington/William Gilcher

    700 block of 7th Street, with traffic, August 2010.

  • View of windows in a 19th century building at 728-730 7th Street, between G and H Streets, NW, 2000. Photo: Goethe-Institut Washington/William Gilche

    View of windows in a 19th century building at 728-730 7th Street, between G and H Streets, NW, 2000.

  • 700 block of 7th Street, August 2010. Photo: Goethe-Institut Washington/William Gilcher

    700 block of 7th Street, August 2010.

  • 700 block of 7th Street, August 2010. Photo: Goethe-Institut Washington/William Gilcher

    700 block of 7th Street, August 2010.

A. Eberly's Sons 1881, 718 7th Street NW, between G and H Sts. NW. In 1884, Anton, August F. and Charles A. Eberly are listed as selling stoves here in this beautiful red-brick building, so typical of the 19th-century urban style in Washington and other American cities. 

Listen to local historian and tour guide Alice Stewart talk about her research into the Eberly family  here (2.8MB).