Sites tagged "Stripped Classical": 12
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U.S. Department of Agriculture Cotton Annex: This former government building was successfully converted to residential use.
Constructed between 1936 and 1937, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Cotton Annex provided the necessary space for federal employees to create and refine cotton classification and standardization.…
Lafayette Building (Export-Import Bank): Constructed in 1940, this government building ultimately housed the financial minds that contributed to an Allied victory in World War II.
Designed in 1939 in the Stripped Classical style, this limestone-clad office building is twelve stories tall, and centrally located near the White House, between McPherson and Lafayette squares. The…
Federal Reserve Board Building: This structure set the tone for progressive architecture in Washington, DC.
In 1935, the Federal Reserve Board held a national competition to select an architect who would design their new Washington, DC headquarters. The ultimate winner was the prominent Paul Philippe Cret,…
US Department of State Building: This administrative building demonstrates governmental growth following World War II.
Like the Department of War, the Department of State experienced rapid growth due to World War II, requiring it to seek quarters outside of the old State, War and Navy Building. In 1947, the Department…
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company, Cleveland-Emerson Exchange: The Cleveland-Emerson Exchange represents a period of suburbanization in the former 19th-century village of Tenleytown.
The Cleveland-Emerson Exchange is an impressive and notable Stripped Classical building with Art Deco detailing located on a prominent corner in DC's Tenleytown neighborhood. The limstone-clad…
Editors Building: Established in 1923, the Kiplinger publishing company has enjoyed more than eight decades of journalistic success.
The Editors Building is a ten-story office building constructed in downtown DC between 1949 and 1950 to house the offices of the family-owned and operated Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc., the…
District of Columbia Recorder of Deeds (and Interiors): With its remarkable murals and elegant design, the Recorder of Deeds Building stands out among DC's municipal buildings.
The District of Columbia Recorder of Deeds Building expresses the interplay between political aspirations, social struggle, the search for civic identity, and even the influence of global war on the…
Commercial National Bank (Western Union Building): The Commercial National Bank was one of DC's first Stripped Classical designs, inspiring many later iterations.
The Commercial National Bank, also known as the Western Union Building, designed by noted Washington architect Waddy B. Wood in 1917, is an excellent early example of the simplified and stylized…
Henry J. Daly Building (District of Columbia Municipal Center and Plaza): The Daly Building is an exemplar of the Classical Moderne style common among Public Works Administration buildings.
The Daly Building was designed by DC Municipal Architect Nathan C. Wyeth and constructed with the aid of Public Works Administration funds between 1939 and 1941. This was the first building…
Hill Building: Named for developer William A. Hill, the Hill Building is a multi-story commercial office building.
At the time of the Hill Building’s construction in 1925, commercial real estate development in downtown DC started replacing pre-Victorian and Victorian residential buildings. These former residences,…