Elevator operator in the Barr Building. Washington, D.C.

ID: 3297 ~ Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA ~ Creator: Jack Delano ~ Date: 1941

This file appears in: Barr Building: One of the oldest buildings on Farragut Square, the Barr Building illustrates the initial wave of 20th century commercial development in the city.

This file appears in: Barr Building: One of the oldest buildings on Farragut Square, the Barr Building illustrates the initial wave of 20th century commercial development in the city.

Barr Building: One of the oldest buildings on Farragut Square, the Barr Building illustrates the initial wave of 20th century commercial development in the city.

By The DC Historic Sites team

The Barr Building was built by prominent real estate developer John L. Barr, for whom it was named, and designed by architect B. Stanley Simmons, with whom Barr often collaborated. It is executed in a…