Hotel Washington (Washington, D.C.)

Hotel Washington
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

view across Pennsylvania Avenue, looking up 15th Street

Location:	515 15th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
Built:	1918
Architect:	Carrère and Hastings
Architectural style:	Beaux Arts
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	95000352 ^[1]
Added to NRHP:	March 30, 1995

The Hotel Washington, also known as Hotel W, is a historic hotel located at 515 15th Street, Northwest Washington, D.C. (between Pennsylvania Avenue and F Street), in downtown Washington, D.C..

Following an extensive renovation by Nakheel Properties, the owner of the building since 2006, the 317-room W Hotel opened in 2008, operated by Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide.^[2]

History

Designed by the architectural firm of Carrère and Hastings, the ten-story, Beaux-Arts hotel is the only commercial building designed by the firm in Washington, D.C. Construction of the Hotel Washington was completed in 1918. The facade features cream colored sgraffito decoration on a reddish-brown ground.

The Hotel Washington was designated a National Historic Site in 1965, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1995; in addition, the building is a contributing property to the Fifteenth Street Financial Historic District, listed on the NRHP in 2006, and the Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site.^[3]

Its roof terrace figured in the movies The Godfather Part II and No Way Out. Frank Murphy, and John Nance Garner lived there.^[4]

Notes

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
^ http://www.wwashingtondc.com/History
^ http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/95000352.pdf
^ DeNeen L. Brown (December 31, 2007). "A Many-Storied Inn". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/30/AR2007123002615.html.

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