Schneider Triangle is a set of residential buildings designed and built by

Thomas Franklin Schneider Thomas Franklin Schneider (born 1859 in Washington, D.C. — d. 1938) was an American architect who designed about 2,000 houses in the capital city area. Among his important buildings are the Cairo Apartment Building, National Park Seminary, T ...

next to Washington Circle Park in

Washington, DC Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and Federal district of the United States, federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from ...

. The twenty two buildings formed a complete block with a central courtyard. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 1982, at which time, only 21 of the buildings remained standing. It forms a triangle due to the street layout of DC. The Embassy of Tajikistan is located in one of the houses.

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* * {{National Register of Historic Places Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. Queen Anne architecture in Washington, D.C. Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in Washington, D.C. Romanesque Revival architecture in Washington, D.C. Buildings and structures completed in 1889