The Metropolitan Apartments is nominated under the National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form (MPDF), Apartment Buildings in Washington, D.C., 1880-1945 (1993). The building is significant at the local level under Criterion C as an outstanding example of the Conventional Mid-Rise Apartment Building property type as defined in the MPDF. The period of significance extends from 1936, when the first section of the building was completed, to 1937, when construction was completed.