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Park Tower
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National Register of Historic Places

Park Tower

On the National Register since 198937 years
Art DecoListed 1989Washington
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About Park Tower

Park Tower, at 2440 Sixteenth St., NW., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Oct 30, 1989. The Register lists it for its architecture, at the local level. It describes its style as Art Deco, as it does for 18 other District of Columbia listings. 15 more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isApartment building in Washington, D.C., United States. 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 · 19 MB · National Archives↗
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Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 5 minutes

2440 Sixteenth St., NW., Washington · about 0.2 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1Park TowerStart here
  2. 2Meridian MansionsBeaux Arts · Built 1918 · next door
  3. 3House at 2437 Fifteenth Street, NWItalian Renaissance · next door
  4. 4Pink PalaceVenetian Late Gothic Revival · Built 1906 · next door
  5. 5Meridian Hill Historic DistrictDistrict · next door
Around it

32 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BMeridian HouseFrench0.1 mi★Meridian Hill ParkItalian Renaissance0.1 miBMansion at 2401 15th St., NW.Tudor Revival0.1 miBCongressional ClubBeaux Arts0.2 miBWhite-Meyer HouseLate 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals · Built 19120.2 miBMeridian ManorColonial Revival0.2 miBEuclid ApartmentsClassical Revival0.2 miBThe FulfordBuilding0.2 miBThe Glenn ArmsBuilding0.2 miBWarder-Totten HouseRichardsonian Romanesque0.2 miBEmbassy of Mexico-MacVeagh HouseBuilding0.2 miBNorthumberland ApartmentsEclectic Classicism0.3 miBPotomac Electric Power Company Substation No. 25Building0.3 mi★Mary Ann Shadd Cary HouseItalian Villa0.3 miBManhattan LaundryIndustrial Vernacular0.3 miBClifton TerraceColonial Revival · Built 19150.3 miBFirst Church of Christ, ScientistBuilding0.3 miBOlympia ApartmentsLate Victorian0.3 mi
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★David White HouseBuilding0.3 miBAll Souls Church, UnitarianBuilding0.3 miDStrivers' Section Historic DistrictItalianate0.4 miBYouth Pride, Inc. (aka Pride, Inc.)Building0.4 miSKalorama Park and Archeological DistrictSite0.4 miBCardozo, Francis L., Senior High SchoolLate Gothic Revival · Built 19280.4 miBAlden, Babcock, Calvert ApartmentsColonial Revival0.4 miBEngine Company No 21Spanish Mission Revival · Built 19080.4 miBLatin American Youth Center (LAYC)Building0.4 miBOld Chinese LegationBuilding0.5 miDKalorama Triangle Historic DistrictArts and Crafts0.5 miBTrinity TowersGothic Moderne0.5 miBThe MaycroftClassical Revival0.5 miOAsbury, Francis, MemorialNaturalism · Built 19190.5 mi
More like it

Art Deco style, nearby

Other National Register listings within 25 miles described as Art Deco.

Manhattan Laundry0.3 mi away
Dupont Circle Historic District (Boundary Increase)0.7 mi away
Mount Pleasant Historic District (Additional Documentation)0.7 mi away
Kennedy-Warren Apartment BuildingBuilt 1931 · 1.2 mi away

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Questions about Park Tower

Is Park Tower on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Oct 30, 1989 (Register number 89001744).

Is Park Tower a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; District of Columbia has 75 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Meridian Hill Park, 0.1 miles away.

Can you visit Park Tower?

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 Park Tower?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 19 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 117692399 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.