Snowden Ashford was an American architect who worked in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

. The Washington Post characterized him as "Architect of the Everyday", and noted: "Ashford designed or supervised everything the District built between 1895 and 1921, including the North Hall at the Eastern Market. But he was most proud of his schools."

A number of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

 (NRHP).

Works include:

• Samuel Taylor Suit Cottage
  Samuel Taylor Suit Cottage
  The Samuel Taylor Suit Cottage, also known as the Berkeley Castle, is located on a hill above Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. The castle-like house was built for Colonel Samuel Taylor Suit of Washington, D.C. as a personal retreat near the spa town, beginning in 1885...
  
  , also known as the Berkeley Castle
• Eastern Market, Washington, D.C.
  Eastern Market, Washington, D.C.
  The Eastern Market is a public market in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., housed in a 19th century brick building. It is located on 7th Street SE, a few blocks east of the U.S. Capitol between North Carolina Avenue SE and C Street SE. The Eastern Market is on the National...
  
  , 1908 expansion (North Hall)
• Alexander Crummell School
  Alexander Crummell School
  The Alexander Crummell School is an Elizabethan Revival school building, located at 1900 Gallaudet Street and Kendall Street, Northeast, Washington, D.C., in the Ivy City neighborhood.-History:...
  
  , designed 1910, built 1913, Kendall and Gallaudet Sts, NE, Washington, DC, NRHP-listed
• Military Road School
  Military Road School
  Military Road School is an historic structure located in the Brightwood neighborhood in the Northwest Quadrant of Washington, D.C. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. The building now houses the Latin American Montessori Bilingual Public Charter...
  
  , 1375 Missouri Ave., NW, Washington, DC, NRHP-listed
• Jesse Reno School
  Jesse Reno School
  The Jesse Reno School is an historic school building, located at 4820 Howard Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Tenleytown neighborhood.-History:It was designed by Snowden Ashford in 1903, and named for Jesse Reno.It was closed in 1950....
  
  , designed 1903
• Normal School for Colored Girls
  Normal School for Colored Girls
  The Normal School for Colored Girls established in Washington, D.C. in 1851, was an institution of learning and training for young African-American women, especially so that they might become teachers...
  
  , built 1913
• Park View, Washington, D.C.
  Park View, Washington, D.C.
  Park View is a neighborhood in central Washington, D.C., immediately north of Howard University.The name of the neighborhood comes from its views east over the campus of the Old Soldiers' Home. At the time Park View was developed, and well into the 1960s, the Home's grounds were open to the public...
  
  , school built 1916
• Nathaniel Parker Gage School
  Nathaniel Parker Gage School
  Nathaniel Parker Gage School is an historic structure located in the Bloomingdale neighborhood in the Northwest Quadrant of Washington, D.C. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. The building now houses condominiums.-History:...
  
  , addition designed by Ashford
• Duke Ellington School of the Arts
  Duke Ellington School of the Arts
  The Duke Ellington School of the Arts is a high school located at 35th Street and R Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C., and dedicated to arts education. One of the high schools of the District of Columbia Public School system, it is named for the American jazz bandleader and composer Edward...
  
  
• Eastern Market
  Eastern Market
  Eastern Market may refer to:in Australia* Eastern Market, Melbournein the United States* Eastern Market Historic District, Detroit, Michigan* Eastern Market, Washington, D.C., a marketplace listed on the NRHP...
  
  , 7th and C Sts., SE. Washington, DC, NRHP-listed
• Engine Company 12, 1626 N. Capitol St., NW Washington, DC, NRHP-listed
• Engine Company 17, 1235 Monroe St. NE Washington, DC, NRHP-listed
• Engine Company 23, 2119 G, NW Washington, DC, NRHP-listed
• Engine Company No. 25, 3203 Martin Luther King Jr., Ave SE Washington, DC, NRHP-listed
• Miner Normal School, 2565 Georgia Ave., NW. Washington, DC, NRHP-listed
• One or more works in D.C. Workhouse and Reformatory Historic District, Bet. Silverbrook Rd., Lorton Rd., Ox Rd., and Furnace Rd. Lorton, VA, NRHP-listed

External links

• Snowden Ashford photo, at Flickr