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The Alden, The Babcock, and The Calvert: These three apartment buildings on 13th Street were designed as a unit and built in 1904.
Located along the west side of 13th Street, the Alden, Babcock, and Calvert Apartments are a group of three early middle-class apartment buildings designed as a unit by architect and developer Edgar…
Capitol Park Apartments: Capitol Park Apartments, completed in 1959, was the first building finished under the Southwest Urban Renewal Plan.
Capitol Park Apartments was built on the site of Dixon’s Court, long considered a notorious alley slum. Photographs of impoverished conditions in the alley with the Capitol dome in the background were…
The Wyoming (and Interior of Entrance Pavilion): The Wyoming is one of only a small number of pre-World War I luxury apartment buildings remaining in Washington.
In its essentially unaltered state, the Wyoming stands as a reminder of the elegance and the quality of design, workmanship, and materials characteristic of the Golden Age of the apartment building in…
Windsor Lodge (William E. Borah Residence): From 1913 until 1929, apartment 21E in this building was the residence of Idaho Senator William E. Borah.
Originally known as Windsor Lodge, this building was erected in 1910-11. Two years later, U.S. Senator William E. Borah of Idaho moved into apartment number 21E, where he continued living until 1929.…
Clifton Terrace/ Wardman Courts: Inspired by the garden city movement, Clifton Terrace is a large complex of Classical Revival buildings sited on one of the city’s most important streetcar thoroughfares.
The Clifton Terrace Apartment Complex, originally known as Wardman Courts, was constructed between 1914 and 1915, during an era of explosive residential growth in DC. The complex was erected on the…
The Euclid: This elegant apartment building was part of the post-World War II boom in apartment construction in DC.
The Euclid was built between 1919 and 1920 by owner Howard M. Etchison, among the most prominent of Washington’s early-20th-century developers. The architect was Claughton West, who designed more than…
The Kennedy-Warren: Built in 1931, the Kennedy-Warren is one of the most significant examples of a luxury apartment building in DC.
In February 1931, D.C. Permit to Build #140167 was issued to Kennedy-Warren, Inc. to erect an eight-story apartment hotel at an estimated cost of $3,200,000. Architect Joseph Younger's original design…
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…
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…