Champlain Apartment Building, Present Day
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The Champlain Apartment Building (also known as the Orme Building) located at 1424 K Street, NW in Downtown Washington, D.C. In 1905, Senator Redfield Proctor of Vermont chose architect Harold Clinton Smith to design the Beaux-Arts building. It was later converted to commercial use and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
This file appears in: Champlain Apartment Building: Otherwise known as the Orme Building, the Champlain is an unusually ornate and elegant early apartment building.
Champlain Apartment Building: Otherwise known as the Orme Building, the Champlain is an unusually ornate and elegant early apartment building.
Built in 1905, the Champlain brought apartment living to the prestigious neighborhood surrounding K Street and McPherson Square. In order to fit into the neighborhood, the building was constructed…