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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]
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.
Discover our History. 1818. Row Houses Built. A row house on the corner of 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, built by Captain John Tayloe in 1816, is leased to Joshua Tennyson for a hotel. Over the next 30 years, the hotel’s name and operator would change numerous times. 1830. Mint Julep.
Discover The Willard InterContinental, Washington D.C., which has hosted every U.S. President since the beginning of the 1850s. The Willard InterContinental, a member of Historic Hotels of America since 2010, dates back to 1818. VIEW TIMELINE.
The Willard Hotel is Washington's answer to New York City's Plaza Hotel and is referred to as the “Grande Dame of the Belle Epoque.” Its recent restoration enabled it to regain its prominent position among Washington hostelries despite its abandonment for nearly sixteen years.
The Willard InterContinental Washington, commonly known as the Willard Hotel, is a historic luxury Beaux-Arts it is two blocks east of the White House, and two blocks west of the Metro Center station of the Washington Metro.
2 Δεκ 2022 · When it was built in 1901, the current Willard InterContinental 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 City.
