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Williams-Addison House: This elegant residence was constructed in Georgetown around 1850.
This elegant residence was constructed around 1850 and is located on 31st Street NW across from Tudor Place. The house, clad in brick masonry with a Flemish bond, has a slate roof with five dormers —…
Willard Hotel: This prominent hotel has hosted many of DC’s most famous visitors.
Designed by New York architect Henry Janeway Hardenbergh (1847-1918), the Willard Hotel opened in 1901 as DC’s first skyscraper. The building successfully adapts the eclectic Beaux Arts vocabulary of…
Emily J. Wilkins House: Once a high-society family home, Emily J. Wilkins House is now home to the Peruvian embassy.
Built in the Italian Renaissance Revival style for Emily J. Wilkins (widow of Beriah Wilkins, U.S. Congressman and Washington Post publisher), this lavish Beaux Arts mansion served as a family home…
Emily Wiley House: This three-story Italianate house is one of the rare survivors of a once densely-developed neighborhood.
The Emily Wiley house, constructed between 1869 and 1871, represents a period of optimism in the Mount Vernon Triangle neighborhood, when scattered upper-middle-class development was spreading east of…
Sarah Adams Whittemore House (Weeks House; Woman’s National Democratic Club): Since 1927, this restrained, simple Dupont Circle mansion has been used to promote women’s engagement in politics.
Built between 1892 and 1894 for opera singer Sarah Adams Whittemore, this Dupont Circle mansion stands out from its contemporaries for its restrained design. While other mansions built during the…
Whitelaw Hotel: The Whitelaw apartment-hotel stands as a unique place of meeting and public accommodation for prominent African Americans during segregation.
The Whitelaw Hotel showcases an early example of minority real estate development. It was financed and built entirely by African American entrepreneurs, investors, designers, and craftsmen. Associated…
Whitehaven (Thomas Main House): On Reservoir Road stands this one-time manor house constructed in the early 19th-century.
Beautifully restored by Dr. and Mrs. E. Stuart Lyddane, it is believed that this house was built sometime around 1805. The Carberry family once lived here, and later built the original house of the…
White-Meyer House: Since its construction in 1910, the White-Meyer house has hosted many prominent figures from American history.
The White-Meyer House, located atop Meridian Hill, is an important element along Washington's famous Sixteenth Street, and is significant for its association with its occupants and the excellent…
David White House: This home is significant as the living space of one of America's leading geologists.
From 1910 to 1925, this was the home of David White (1862-1935), the distinguished geologist of the U.S. Geological Survey, best remembered as a leading expert on the origin and evolution of coal and…
The White House: The first public building to be erected in Washington, the White House has been the home of every U.S. president since John Adams.
The White House is recognized around the world as the symbol of the presidency. It is associated with countless occasions of state, has housed the president’s staff and visiting dignitaries, and has…