Note the Bates Area street address on raze application list below — from the DC Historic Preservation Office:
From: HistoricWashington@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2016 5:47 PM
To: HistoricWashington@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [HistoricWashington] Raze applications filed between June 28 and July 28, 2016
This report is also posted on our website at http://tinyurl.com/h9nn5nf . See Attachments: Raze Permit Report – August 2, 2016.
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The following raze applications were filed at the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) between June 28 and July 28, 2016:
ANC Address
3D 2860 University Terrace NW (dwelling)
3D 3000 Chain Bridge Road NW (dwelling)
3D 4813 V Street NW (dwelling)
3D 5061 Sherier Place NW (dwelling)
3F 2916 Chesapeake Street NW (dwelling)
4C 3701 14th Street NW (residential/commercial rowhouse)
4C 4201 8th Street NW (church building)
5E 1539 4th Street NW (dwelling)
6B 120 6th Street SE (two story carriage house per HPRB approval)
6E 810 O Street NW (church building per HPRB approval)
7E 4135 Alabama Avenue SE ( two story apartment building)
7E 4250 Massachusetts Avenue SE (dwelling)
8C 17 Mississippi Avenue SE (dwelling)
8C 3428 4th Street SE (one story commercial building)

It is a vacant property-
http://dcvacantproperties.blogspot.com/2015/05/vacant-stickers-1539-4th-st-nw.html