Dorsch's White Cross Bakery
National Register of Historic Places

Dorsch's White Cross Bakery

Washington, District of Columbia County, District of Columbia
Listed
February 3, 2012
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
11001076

About this property

Dorsch's White Cross Bakery, also known as the Wonder Bread Factory, is a complex of historic structures located in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was entered in the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites in 2011 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. Peter Michael Dorsch (1878-1959), who was a Washington, DC native, established the business in 1904 on Seventh Street and moved to the present location in 1913. The buildings that front S Street, NW were built in 1915 and 1922. They were designed by different architects, but they are composed of similar materials, treatment and details. They features elements of the American Craftsman style. White terra cotta tile crosses in the center pediments identify the building with White Cross Bakery. The building has been redeveloped into a mix of office and retail uses. On the 2018 reboot of Murphy Brown, the building served as the Cable News Channel studios from which the title character's show Murphy in the Morning was broadcast.

Location

641 S St., NW.
Washington, District of Columbia County, District of Columbia
38.91613, -77.02022

Categories

ARCHITECTURECOMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTCOMMERCEINDUSTRY
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Dorsch's White Cross Bakery listed on the National Register?

Dorsch's White Cross Bakery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 3, 2012.

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Dorsch's White Cross Bakery is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Dorsch's White Cross Bakery is recorded as the industrial era.

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