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Hotel Zena Washington DC
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States · Viceroy · Accessible Luxury
On October 8, 2020, Viceroy opened Hotel Zena in the old Donovan House at 1155 14th Street, and the lobby stops people: a Ruth Bader Ginsburg portrait made from 20,000 hand-painted tampons, timed to the hundredth year of women's suffrage, beside a curving wall layered with about 8,000 protest buttons. Pebblebrook owns the Logan Circle house, Figleaf pours downstairs, and a pool sits on the roof.
- 191 rooms
- Opened 1974
- Neighborhood: Logan Circle
About Hotel Zena Washington DC
- A curving lobby wall is layered with about 8,000 protest buttons, installed for that same 2020 opening as a record of marches across a century.
- Seattle's Dawson Design Associates shaped the interiors in a renovation Pebblebrook priced at $25 million. Viceroy manages the house for the owner.
- The tower opened in 1974 as the Quality Inn Downtown, later a Holiday Inn by Thomas Circle, then Thompson Hotels' Donovan House in 2008 and a Kimpton from 2012.
History
The tower at 1155 14th Street NW opened in 1974 as the Quality Inn Downtown. It later traded as the Holiday Inn Thomas Circle, the Holiday Inn Franklin Square, and, after a 1999 sale, the Holiday Inn Washington Downtown. Thompson Hotels reopened it in 2008 as Donovan House. Kimpton took management in 2012. Viceroy took over in 2019, and on October 8, 2020 the renovated house opened as Hotel Zena, themed to the centenary of women's suffrage, with a Ruth Bader Ginsburg portrait of 20,000 hand-painted tampons and a wall of about 8,000 protest buttons.
The setting
1155 14th Street NW, at Thomas Circle, which the hotel and the local press place in Logan Circle on the 14th Street corridor. McPherson Square Metro is the nearest station. The Viceroy at 1430 Rhode Island Avenue is a separate house.
Restaurants and bars
- Figleaf Bar & Lounge — Bar
Experiences
- Zena Zodiacs Halloween Social — Astrological Halloween evening on Wednesday, October 28, 2026 featuring Zena Zodiac cocktails, aura photography, and tarot and palm readings.
- Figleaf Happy Hour — Discounted drinks and delicious bites during Happy Hour at Figleaf Bar & Lounge, daily.
- Logan Circle Walking Tour — Self-guided art tour exploring DC's historic Logan Circle.
- The Lincoln Memorial Undercroft — Exhibit space beneath the Lincoln Memorial, newly restored, showing hidden history of the site.
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