Trinity Towers: Trinity Towers reflects the modest apartment buildings popular in the interwar period.

Built in 1928, Trinity Towers is a significant example of noted DC architect Harvey Warwick’s (1893-1972) combination of the Gothic Revival and Art Moderne styles. Planned as a large, urban apartment building on the 14th Street NW streetcar line, Trinity Towers helped to form an impressive corridor of modestly-appointed apartment buildings that appealed to DC’s expanding federal and middle income workforce in the first decades of the 20th century.

The building was erected during an era of tremendous growth in residential construction in DC that accompanied the interwar development of the federal government. Its modest design and amenities reflect the transition after the war from full-service luxury apartment buildings to apartments designed and conceived for DC’s emerging and growing middle income residents.

DC Inventory: September 26, 2001

National Register: December 26, 2001