"An entirely original contribution to the field, both specifically to Washington, DC, and to the larger investigation of row houses in American cities. Hoagland has succeeded in outlining the history and development of the Washington row house and placing it within a social framework. This book opens up avenues of research, specifically dealing with architects, builders, and the social evolution of row houses that have not been well trod previously in any city. - Andrew S. Dolkart, Columbia University, author of The Row House Reborn: Architecture and Neighborhoods in New York City, 1908-1929
"An innovative, engaging, and insightful study that fills a conspicuous void. Hoagland has much to tell us about the economy, regulatory framework, physical character, complexions of class and race, building trades, real estate climate, and daily life in Washington, DC". - Richard Longstreth, George Washington University, author of Looking Beyond the Icons: Midcentury Architecture, Landscape, and Urbanism (Virginia)
"Hoagland has crafted an exemplary domestic and cultural history of Washington, DC . . . In Hoagland's skillful hands, house-type analysis becomes a vehicle for weaving an impressively comprehensive, yet always human-scaled historical-social analysis of Washington's complex domestic history . . . The Row House in Washington, DC: A History is the work of a scholar who has woven together a deep understanding of Washington's historical development with a thorough knowledge of its dominant row house typology to produce a book that extends the framework for analyzing urban housing and its social life. Hoagland has thereby illuminated, in new ways, the physical, social, and cultural development of Washington, DC." - 2024 VAF Cummings Award Jury
