I pass by 391 Rhode Island Ave NW all the time either on the bus or walking or in a car and have been watching with fascination the transformation of Frazier's Funeral Home to condominiums. Apparently the building was sold in 2011 for about $850,000 and is being re-worked into a multi-unit residential property. Interestingly, originally it was three row houses that had been turned into the funeral home back in the day. The dividing interior walls were removed when it became a funeral parlor and so the new developer has probably sliced this up in a new way. There are some websites discussing this re-use of the building with lots of conversation about bringing the dead back to life, dangers of embalming chemical residue, and whether or not there are ghosts haunting the place. It's a crazy traffic corner there at Florida and Rhode Island and 4th Streets NW -- apparently there is an abundance of accidents due to people running the light -- so I hope the developer put in good windows or the new live tenants will go nuts from noise.
I pass by 391 Rhode Island Ave NW all the time either on the bus or walking or in a car and have been watching with fascination the transformation of Frazier's Funeral Home to condominiums. Apparently the building was sold in 2011 for about $850,000 and is being re-worked into a multi-unit residential property. Interestingly, originally it was three row houses that had been turned into the funeral home back in the day. The dividing interior walls were removed when it became a funeral parlor and so the new developer has probably sliced this up in a new way. There are some websites discussing this re-use of the building with lots of conversation about bringing the dead back to life, dangers of embalming chemical residue, and whether or not there are ghosts haunting the place. It's a crazy traffic corner there at Florida and Rhode Island and 4th Streets NW -- apparently there is an abundance of accidents due to people running the light -- so I hope the developer put in good windows or the new live tenants will go nuts from noise.
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