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2 unusual facts about Woodward & Lothrop


Gilbert Rohde

Consumers could purchase his furniture at upscale department stores in New York (Bloomingdale's), Washington (Woodward & Lothrop), Philadelphia (Wanamaker's), Cleveland (Halle Brothers Co.), and elsewhere.

Porter Chemical Company

The company's Chemcraft kits were first sold at major retail by Woodward & Lothrop, and appeared soon after at other retailers in the country.


George V. N. Lothrop

George Van Ness Lothrop (August 8, 1817–1897) was a politician in the U.S. state of Michigan, serving as the seventh Michigan Attorney General from 1848 until 1851.

Lothrop's daughter, Emily Anne "Nan" Lothrop (1860–1927), married Baron Barthold Theodorevitch von Hoyningen-Huene (1859–1942), a Baltic nobleman and military officer, and their son was the noted fashion photographer George Hoyningen-Huene.

NoMa

It is home to several important historic structures including the Woodward & Lothrop Service Warehouse (on the National Register of Historic Places), the Uline Arena, St. Aloysius Church, Gonzaga College High School, Gallaudet University and the Government Printing Office.


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Charles Hook Tompkins

Active in business and civic organizations, Tompkins was at the time of his death a Director of Woodward & Lothrop, Riggs National Bank, the Washington Boys Club, and the Master Builders Association, and was Chairman, Metropolitan Washington Campaign, 1956, of the American Red Cross.