Terminal Refrigerating and Warehouse Company: Built in 1923, this warehouse was a model interwar industrial building.

The Terminal Refrigerating & Warehouse Company building is a monumental, Neoclassical style building, constructed in 1923 to house cold and dry storage warehouses and an ice manufacturing plant, as well as the company’s offices. In 1983, the Terminal Building was renovated and expanded to the east for use by the Washington Design Center. In more recent years, the building was rehabilitated to house the Museum of the Bible.

The building is notable as a model interwar industrial building. Stationed directly adjacent to a rail line and viaduct, the industrial building was carefully situated to take advantage of advances in transportation technology.

DC Inventory: July 24, 2014

National Register: August 24, 2014