Sites tagged "Art/Streamline Moderne": 8
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Uptown Theater: This beloved Art Moderne style movie theater opened in 1936 and quickly became a popular entertainment destination.
The Uptown Theater is prominently located along Connecticut Avenue NW in the Cleveland Park Historic District. Designed by John J. Zink – a notable and prolific movie theater architect from Baltimore…
Nixon-Mounsey House: This Art Deco style home served as a home base for civil rights activism in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Designed by William D. Nixon, a self-taught African American architect who was also a social and civil rights activist in DC, this private residence is a notable Art Deco style building in the…
Buzzard Point Power Plant: This Art Moderne power plant was built in the 1930s and 1940s to accommodate the increased electrical needs of a growing DC population.
Designed and built by the prominent construction firm Stone & Webster, the Buzzard Point Power Plant stands as an emblem of technological and artistic advancement in Southwest Washington. While…
Atlas Theater and Shops: Upon its construction in 1938, the Atlas was one of only four movie theaters in Washington, DC.
Designed by noted theater designer John Jacob Zink in the Art Deco Style, the Atlas Theater and Shops were an iconic part of the H Street NE Corridor for 30 years. The building is identifiable through…
Homestead Apartments: The Homestead Apartments housed DC’s growing working and middle-class in the Brightwood Park neighborhood.
The Homestead Apartments were constructed in 1939, one of many multi-unit buildings erected to house working-class and middle-class Washingtonians during the interwar period. Much of this development…
U.S. Railroad Retirement Board Building (Mary E. Switzer Building): In 1972, this became the first federal building to be named for a woman, Mary E. Switzer.
This federal building was constructed between 1939 and 1940, using the design of architects Charles Z. Klauder and Louis A. Simon. Although it was intended for the Railroad Retirement Board, its first…
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.…
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.…