Main Sewerage Pumping Station: This facility is an example of a high-style public works project tied to the City Beautiful Movement.

Though the Main Sewerage Pumping Station was constructed between 1904 and 1907, it dates back to 1889, when the US President appointed a board of sanitary engineers to devise a plan for disposing of Washington's sewage. Nearly a decade later, the sanitation system proposed by the board began to be implemented, and planning for the pumping station was underway.

Designed by the architectural firm of C.A. Didden and Son with associated architect Oscar Vogt, the Main Sewerage Pumping Station is one of the first buildings the city constructed following the adoption of the McMillan Plan, which it had been influenced by the then-popular City Beautiful Movement. The facility is an early and exceptional representation of Beaux-Arts public works buildings in the District. The striking brick building also includes Renaissance Revival style features.

DC Inventory: January 26, 2012

National Register: May 24, 2012