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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,…
Olympia Apartments: The Olympia reflects the earliest era of apartment building construction in Columbia Heights.
Built in 1898, the Olympia is the only remaining apartment house from the first wave of construction along upper Fourteenth Street NW in Columbia Heights, spurred by the opening of the electric…
Old French Embassy: The Old French Embassy is just one of several mansions commissioned by Mary Foote Henderson to serve as an embassy.
This former embassy is among the finest of nearly a dozen Meridian Hill mansions built by Mary Foote Henderson (1841-1931), in collaboration with her favorite architect, George Oakley Totten Jr.…
The Cavalier (Hilltop Manor): This imposing apartment building opened in 1927 as Hilltop Manor, an appropriate name given its topographic position.
This apartment building was one of a number of collaborations between architect Harvey Warwick (1893-1972) and developer Morris Cafritz (1888-1964). Originally named Hilltop Manor at the time of its…