The Congressional Club: This club was built in 1914 for the spouses of high-ranking government figures.

The Congressional Club is a distinctive Beaux-Arts, Classical Revival style building with a prominent domed rotunda at the corner of 16th Street, U Street, and New Hampshire Avenue NW. Designed by architect George Oakley Totten, Jr. (1866-1939), the 1914 building exemplifies the vision of Mary Foote Henderson, a club member and forceful advocate for the development of Sixteenth Street according to the principles of the City Beautiful Movement.

The club provides a politically neutral meeting space for a distinctive and selective group of women: the wives and daughters of United States Congressmen, Senators, and Cabinet members. During the Wilson Administration, the club was the only non-governmental organization asked to serve as an official extension of the White House in hosting important diplomatic and social events.

Additionally, during World War I The Congressional Club made nationally significant wartime contributions, serving as a nexus between Washington, DC, and local communities across the country in organizing state-side activities. Today, the Congressional Club remains in operation and annually hosts a luncheon honoring the First Lady of the United States.

DC Inventory: July 28, 2011

National Register: October 6, 2011

Within Sixteenth Street Historic District