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The Willard InterContinental Washington, commonly known as the Willard Hotel, is a historic luxury Beaux-Arts [3] hotel located at 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Downtown Washington, D.C. It is currently a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. [4]
Regarded as one of the most historic hotels in America, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Willard InterContinental celebrates 200 years of legacy in the nation’s capital.
Henry Willard had been invited to Washington in 1847 to try his luck running a hotel that Charles Dickens described simply as “ a long row of small houses” built in 1816 at Fourteenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.
Hotel History: The Willard InterContinental (1850), Washington, District of Columbia* By Stanley Turkel, CMHS. The Willard InterContinental Washington, commonly known as the Willard Hotel, is a historic luxury Beaux-Arts hotel located at 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in downtown Washington, D.C.
23 Δεκ 1978 · The Willard Hotel was once called the center of Washington. After facing 10 years of disrepair and threats of demolition, a restoration effort will allow the hotel to reopen its doors.
An iconic hotel often referred to as the ‘Residence of Presidents,’ Willard has welcomed U.S. presidents, foreign dignitaries, and celebrities and has been the site of many historic moments in U.S. history for over 200 years.
When it was built in 1901, the current Willard Inter-Continental Hotel was one of Washington's first skyscrapers. The Beaux Arts structure was designed by Henry Hardenbergh whose work includes the Plaza Hotel and the original Waldorf-Astoria in New York.
