Sites tagged "Sixteenth Street Historic District": 17
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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 Highlands (Sidwell Friends School): This Georgian-style country house, now part of Sidwell Friends School, has been home to several significant Washingtonians.
Erected between 1817 and 1827 by the first United States Register of the Treasury, Joseph Nourse (1754-1841), The Highlands is a late-Georgian styled home. The Nourse family, who owned and lived in…
Samuel Hahnemann Memorial: This memorial, largely funded by the American Institute of Homeopathy, is dedicated to the father of homeopathy.
The Samuel Hahnemann Memorial is a bronze and granite monument in the form of an elliptical exedra, featuring a portrait statue of Hahnemann at the center of the niche. Christian Friederich Samuel…
First African New Church (Church of the New Jerusalem): This neighborhood church was built in 1896 for the city’s first African American congregation of the New Church.
By 1846, a Swedenborgian, or New Church, congregation was fully established in Washington, and by 1858, the congregation had built a church just north of the Capitol. After that structure burned in…
Robert Simpson Woodward House: This Washington home belonged to leading scientist Robert Woodward for twenty years.
From 1904 to 1924, late-19th century geologist and mathematician Robert Woodward lived in this rowhome. Woodward was well-respected in the science community and served as the first president of the…
Carnegie Institution of Washington, Administration Building: Built in 1910, the Carnegie Institute of Washington Administration Building was a key site in scientific philanthropy.
Founded in 1902 with the belief that basic scientific research is essential to human well-being, the Carnegie Institution of Washington is an early example of American philanthropy. Donating major…
Carlton Hotel (The St. Regis): Known for many years as the Carlton Hotel, The St. Regis is an example of Beaux Arts design, used to enhance the commercial value and social prestige of this 1920s hotel just two blocks from the White House.
The Carlton Hotel was designed by architect Mihran Mesrobian (1889-1975) and built in 1926 by developer Harry Wardman (1872-1938). Designed in the Beaux-Arts style, this eight-story hotel at 16th and…