National Register of Historic Places
Barr Building
On the National Register since 201313 years
Academic Gothic RevivalListed 2013Washington
Many listed buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About
About Barr Building
Barr Building, at 910 17th St., NW., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Jan 14, 2013. The Register lists it for its architecture, at the local level. 15 more Register listings are within a quarter mile.
What it isBuilding in Washington, DC. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 45 MB · National Archives↗Visit
Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 10 minutes
910 17th St., NW., Washington · about 0.3 miles on foot, as the crow flies
Around it
94 more Register listings within half a mile
★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.
BUS Chamber of Commerce BuildingBeaux Arts · Built 19250.2 miBThe Editors BuildingBuilding0.2 miBHill BuildingBuilding0.2 miBAlibi ClubItalianate0.2 miBSouthern Railway BuildingBuilt 19280.2 miBCarlton HotelBeaux Arts · Built 19260.2 miBUniversity Club of Washington, DCBuilding0.2 miBMetropolitan African Methodist Episcopal ChurchVictorian Gothic · Built 18380.2 miBSumner, Charles, SchoolSecond Empire Style · Built 18720.2 mi★Elliott Coues HouseBuilt 18800.2 mi★General Federation of Women's Clubs HeadquartersLate Victorian Renaissance0.2 mi★Blair HouseBuilt 18240.3 mi★Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceItalianate0.3 mi★Renwick MuseumFrench Renaissance · Built 19720.3 mi★American Peace SocietyVictorian0.3 miBMetropolitan ClubItalian Renaissance0.3 mi★Decatur HouseBuilt 18180.3 miBStevens, Thaddeus, SchoolLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals0.3 mi
Show the other 76
★Lafayette BuildingClassical Revival0.3 miBBachelor Apartment HouseFrench0.3 mi★Ashburton HouseBuilt 18360.3 mi★St. John's ChurchBuilt 18160.3 mi★United Mine Workers of AmericaItalian Renaissance Revival0.3 miBGen. Robert Macfeely HouseVictorian Eclectic0.3 miBB.F. Saul BuildingBuilt 19240.3 miBDavidson BuildingBuilt 19170.3 miBWire BuildingMid-Century Modern0.3 miBDenrike BuildingBuilt 19250.3 miBThe EthelhurstBuilt 19030.3 miBPeyser Building-Security Savings and Commercial BankClassical Revival · Built 19280.3 miBTabard InnBuilding0.3 miOLongfellow, Henry Wadsworth, MemorialNaturalism · Built 19080.3 miBU.S. Civil Service Commission BuildingBuilding0.4 mi★Executive Office BuildingFrench Renaissance0.4 miBRinggold-Carroll HouseFederal0.4 miBWinder BuildingBuilding0.4 miBFederal Home Loan Bank Board Building (FHLBB)Building0.4 mi★Lafayette Square Historic DistrictDistrict0.4 miBRiggs National BankNeo-Classical Revival · Built 19020.4 miBAmerican Security and Trust CompanyNeo-Classical Revival · Built 19050.4 miBStockton HallColonial Revival0.4 miBNational Saving And Trust CompanyBuilt 18880.4 miBHibbs, W. B., and Company BuildingBeaux Arts Classicism · Built 19070.4 miBBenjamin Ogle Tayloe HouseBuilding0.4 miB2000 Block Of Eye Street, NWFederal · Built 18310.4 miBUnion Trust BuildingNeo-Classical Revival · Built 19060.4 miBHamilton HotelBuilt 19220.4 mi★Arts Club of WashingtonBuilt 18020.4 miBTower BuildingArt Deco · Built 19290.4 miBChamplain Apartment BuildingBeaux Arts0.4 miBBrigadier Gen. George P. Scriven HouseBuilding0.4 miDFourteenth Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)Federal0.4 miBChristian Heurich MansionRichardsonian Romanesque · Built 18920.4 miBEuram BuildingBuilding0.4 miOHahnemann, Samuel, MonumentNeoclassicism · Built 18960.4 miOWebster, Daniel, MemorialNeoclassicism · Built 18980.4 miDSixteenth Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)Early Republic0.4 mi★McCormick ApartmentsBeaux Arts · Built 19170.4 miBSulgrave ClubEclectic0.4 mi★The OctagonFederal · Built 17990.5 miBInterior Department OfficesBeaux Arts Classical Revival · Built 19170.5 miBSteedman-Ray HouseMid-19th Century · Built 18490.5 mi★U.S. Department of the TreasuryGreek Revival · Built 18360.5 miBRhodes' TavernBuilt 17990.5 miBNational Metropolitan Bank BuildingBeaux Arts · Built 19060.5 miBConcordia German Evangelical Church and RectoryVictorian0.5 mi★Oscar W. Underwood HouseBuilding0.5 miBChase's Theater and Riggs BuildingBeaux Arts0.5 miBCommercial National BankStripped Classicism0.5 miBMaxwell Woodhull HouseItalian Villa Style0.5 miBPresident's Office, George Washington UniversitySecond Empire0.5 miDFinancial Historic District (Additional Documentation and Boundary Increase)District0.5 miBMargaret Wetzel HouseItalian Villa Style0.5 miDGeorge Washington University-Old West End Historic DistrictDistrict0.5 miBBond BuildingBeaux Arts · Built 19010.5 miBCorcoran HallColonial Revival0.5 miBLisner AuditoriumAbstract Classical · Built 19430.5 miBWestory BuildingBeaux Arts Classicism0.5 miBGrant, Ulysses S., SchoolLate Victorian0.5 miBReal Estate Trust Building-Continental Trust BuildingBuilt 19130.5 mi★Franklin SchoolBuilding0.5 miBSchneider TriangleQueen Anne · Built 18890.5 miBEngine Company 16-Truck Company 3Georgian Revival0.5 miBLuther Place Memorial ChurchGothic Revival · Built 18700.5 miBMary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic SiteVictorian · Built 18750.5 miBGrace Reformed Church, Sunday School and Parish HouseLate Gothic Revival0.5 mi★Administration Building, Carnegie Institute of WashingtonBeaux Arts · Built 19100.5 miBWashington ClubNeo-Classical Revival0.5 mi★Robert Simpson Woodward HouseBuilding0.5 mi★St. Luke's Episcopal ChurchEnglish Gothic0.5 miDDupont Circle Historic District (Boundary Increase)Eclectic Beaux-Arts0.5 miDDupont Circle Historic DistrictQueen Anne0.5 miBWhittemore HouseEnglish Arts and Crafts0.5 miBCairo Apartment BuildingMoorish Revival · Built 18940.5 mi
Memories of Barr Building
The record says what it is. Neighbors know what it means.
Weigh in
Have you been to Barr Building?
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Start a conversation
Have an old photo of it?Add it · +10
Questions about Barr Building
Is Barr Building on the National Register of Historic Places?
Yes. It was added on Jan 14, 2013 (Register number 12001165).
Is Barr Building a National Historic Landmark?
No. It is on the National Register; District of Columbia has 75 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Elliott Coues House, 0.2 miles away.
Can you visit Barr Building?
Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.
Where can I read the history of Barr Building?
In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 45 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.
Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 117691965 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.