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The River Inn
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States · Independent · Near Luxury
Edwin Weihe designed this Foggy Bottom block as the Alamac Apartments, and the building became The River Inn, an all-suite hotel, in 1978, just before zoning stopped that kind of conversion. Tour buses followed the new hotel. Neighbors got them banned from the residential streets, and the ban held in court, a precedent that traveled past 25th Street. The Kennedy Center is two blocks away, and the suites still read as the apartments they were.
- 125 rooms
- Opened 1978
- Neighborhood: Foggy Bottom
- Rooms from 450 sq ft (42 m²)
- Architect: Edwin Weihe
About The River Inn
- The nine-story inn at 924 25th Street NW has 125 rooms and was renovated in 2012.
- The inn sits just outside the Foggy Bottom Historic District, beside Hughes Mews, so the rowhouses across the street are landmarked and this building is not.
- Entry-level rooms start at 450 sq ft (42 m²).
History
Architect Edwin Weihe designed the Alamac Apartments on this Foggy Bottom block. The building became The River Inn, an all-suite hotel, in 1978, just before a zoning change stopped further conversions of this kind. Tour buses drew a neighbor fight. The city banned them on residential streets, the ban was challenged, and it was upheld.
The setting
924 25th Street NW, Foggy Bottom, two blocks from the Kennedy Center and a walk to George Washington University. Georgetown is the next neighborhood west. The hotel's site pairs the two names. The address is Foggy Bottom.
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