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Hotel Washington
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States · Independent · Near Luxury
Carrère and Hastings' only commercial building in Washington, the Beaux-Arts Hotel Washington opened April 4, 1918 a block from the White House with cream sgraffito on a reddish-brown facade. Its roof terrace appeared in The Godfather Part II, No Way Out, and Wonder Woman 1984; after a W Hotels chapter from 2009 to 2021, owners restored the historic independent name.
- 326 rooms
- Opened 1917
- Neighborhood: Downtown
About Hotel Washington
- Carrère and Hastings designed the ten-story hotel as their only commercial commission in Washington, D.C.
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995, it also contributes to the Financial Historic District and Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site.
- The building itself also appears in Silkwood, Contact, and The Firm.
- Vice President John Nance Garner and later Frank Murphy lived in the hotel during their Washington years.
- Closed in 2007, it reopened October 8, 2009 as W Washington D.C.; Schulte and Pimco's 2021 purchase ended the W franchise and restored Hotel Washington.
The setting
Hotel Washington is a Downtown hotel on the south side of Downtown in Washington, D.C.. The White House is about 3 minutes on foot; National Museum of African American History and Culture is roughly 8 minutes' walk. Monuments at blue hour, then a steak, then a walk past the White House. The Portrait Gallery and Ford's Theatre sit on the downtown grid; the Mall is the south edge. 8-minute walk to Capital One sports arena.
Amenities
- Fitness center
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