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Munson Hall Apartments: This residential building represents middle-class households' increasing acceptance of high rise buildings in the mid-20th century.
With the increasing demand to house federal employees and their families, Munson Hall's conventional high-rise style maximized space and affordability for its residents. The interwar period following…
The Keystone: The Art Deco-style Keystone Apartment Building offered housing for DC's growing middle class in the interwar years.
With the continued and rapid population growth in D.C. between world wars, buildings like the Keystone were necessary and an economic solution to house workers and their families. The Keystone's…
Fort View Apartments: Fort View Apartments, also known as Fort Stevens Place, is an example of an Art Deco/Moderne apartment building.
Designed by renowned Washington architect George T. Santmyers, the Fort View Apartments complex, also known as Fort Stevens Place, is comprised of two three-story brick and cinder block buildings…
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…
Tower Building: Completed in 1929, the Tower Building was the city’s tallest high-rise at the time of completion.
The Tower Building, designed by Robert F. Beresford, is a twelve-story Art Deco style office building of steel construction and limestone veneer. Completed in 1929, the Tower Building was the city’s…
Senator Theater (Entrance Pavilion): The entrance pavilion is the only remaining piece of this cherished neighborhood theater.
Designed by architect John J. Zink, K-B Theatres opened the Senator Theater on February 19, 1942 with 946 available seats. The first film shown in the communal space was Alfred Hitchcock’s Suspicion.…
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 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…
Greyhound Bus Terminal (including Interior Lobby and Waiting Room): This Streamline Moderne former bus terminal is notable for both its design and its role in the Freedom Rides.
The Greyhound Bus Terminal, completed in 1940, is a classic Art Deco/Streamline Moderne landmark, with a design aesthetic that epitomizes the promise of the industrial age as the hope for the future.…
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company: This building stands as a distinctive example of 1920s commercial architecture.
Founded in 1883, Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company provided telephone service to Washington, DC and eventually Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. The construction of this building in 1928…