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Lexington Apartments: The Lexington Apartments is an example of the buildings designed for DC's expanding middle class in the 1920s.
The Lexington is a conventional low-rise apartment building, erected in 1928 by developer Charles Sager to house a portion of the city's expanding middle class at the eastern edge of Capitol Hill. The…
McCormick Apartments: The McCormick Apartments is most notable for one of its tenants, Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon.
The McCormick Apartments is a landmark apartment building on Embassy Row whose inhabitants once included Andrew W. Mellon. It consists of four stories, a mansard, and a raised basement. The top-floor…
Meridian Mansions (The Envoy): This early-20th century apartment hotel has a storied past, including the founding of Czechoslovakia.
One of the city's finest apartment hotels when opened, Meridian Mansions was built between 1916 and 1918, following the designs of A.H. Sonnemann. This prestigious address has served as home to…
Metropolitan Apartments: Constructed between 1936 and 1937, the Metropolitan’s Elizabethan-inflected Art Deco design was the work of George T. Santmyers.
Built between 1936 and 1937, the Metropolitan Apartment Building was designed by George T. Santmyers, one of the most prolific architects of apartment buildings in the District of Columbia. Built…
Milton Hall Apartments: Milton Hall, constructed in 1938, was built to meet increased demand for middle-class housing in DC after World War I.
The Milton Hall Apartment Building is one of three brick, Art Deco-style former apartment buildings that are now owned and operated by The George Washington University as residence halls. Constructed…
Park Road Courts: This landmark was one of the earliest apartment buildings constructed in Columbia Heights.
The three-story Park Road Courts was completed in 1916, while the neighborhood was transitioning from a wealthy suburban enclave to an area of moderately-priced row houses and apartment buildings. The…
Park Tower: Built 1929, Park Tower signifies the changing architectural aesthetics for the coming decade.
Park Tower illustrates the significant effort expended at the beginning of the twentieth century to develop Sixteenth Street as a prestigious avenue; this was a fashionable address for congressmen,…
Park Vista and Pine Manor (Concord Apartments): The Concord Apartments represent DC’s increasing population in the 1930s and its impact on the city’s architecture.
Built in 1936, 1937, and 1938, respectively, these four low-rise buildings in Brightwood are representative of the modest apartment buildings constructed to address the city’s explosive population…
Petworth Gardens (Webster Gardens Apartments): Petworth Gardens is the first example of garden apartments constructed in D.C., and an early example nationally.
With heavy influences from England’s Garden City movement in the early 20th century, Petworth Gardens was constructed as D.C.’s first garden-style apartment buildings, as well as one of the earliest…
Sedgwick Gardens (and Interiors): This early Art Deco-style apartment building offered luxury living to Washingtonians in the 1930s.
Designed by Mihran Mesrobian in 1931 for Max Gorin, the president of the Southern Construction Company, Sedgwick Gardens is a significant Art Deco building. Mesrobian designed many significant…