Photograph as originally submitted to this page in the Historical Marker Database www.HMdb.org. Click on photo to resize in browser. Scroll down to see metadata.

Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: December 31, 2015
Caption: The W Hotel / Hotel Washington
Additional Description: The Washington Hotel designed by Carrere and Hastings and built in 1917 after the lot was used as a viewing stand for Woodrow Wilson's Inaugural Parade. The hotel opened to guests in April of 1918 but was not completely finished until 1920.
"A Many Storied Inn"
Washington Post (2007)
Submitted: January 2, 2016, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p343194
File Size: 2.279 Megabytes

To see the metadata that may be embedded in this photo, sign in and then return to this page.