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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…
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…
The Maycroft: The Maycroft exemplifies the conventional low-rise apartment buildings built in DC's inner suburbs during the 1920s.
Apartment buildings were slow to gain acceptance in Washington, but once city residents warmed to the building type they emerged in every quadrant of the city. The Maycroft is a strong representative…
The Everglades Apartment Building: The Art Deco-style Everglades was one of many apartment buildings constructed in DC between the world wars.
Constructed in 1939, the Everglades Apartment Building was one of many apartment buildings constructed to accomodate DC's growing population in the interwar period. It is the work of developer Harry…
Wardman Tower and Arcade (Wardman Park Annex, Interior Lobby, and Hotel Entrance Piers): This luxury hotel developed by Harry Wardman has towered over Connecticut Avenue since 1928.
Built in 1928, the Wardman Park Annex peers onto the road below from its hilltop site at the intersection of Woodley Road and Connecticut Avenue NW.Its height—140 feet above street level—has made it a…
The Ponce de Leon: The Ponce de Leon, built in a Spanish Colonial Revival style, is one of many apartment buildings in the 1920s designed by David L. Stern.
Built in 1928 and designed by architect David L. Stern, The Ponce de Leon apartment building is located within the apartment building corridor that runs along Connecticut Avenue NW. The brick masonry…
The Plymouth: The Plymouth is a good example of the types of apartment buildings constructed for DC's middle-income residents during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Designed by architect Frederick Atkinson and constructed in 1903, The Plymouth was erected during the first great wave of apartment building construction in Washington, DC, and is representative of…
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…
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,…
The Northumberland (and Interiors): An early apartment building by Harry Wardman, the Northumberland was also a pioneer in cooperative housing.
The Northumberland, designed by Albert H. Beers and built between 1909 and 1910 by Harry Wardman, presents an eclectic classical facade that blends harmoniously with the buildings that surround it…