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Willard Hotel
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National Register of Historic Places

Willard Hotel

On the National Register since 197452 years
Beaux ArtsListed 1974Washington
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About Willard Hotel

Willard Hotel, at 1401-1409 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Feb 15, 1974. The Register lists it for its commerce, politics, architecture and social history, at the state level. It describes its style as Beaux Arts, as it does for 31 other District of Columbia listings. 24 more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isHotel 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 · 53 MB · National Archives↗
Through the years

1901 to today

  1. 1901Built, designed by Henry Janeway Hardenbergh
  2. 1974Added to the National Register of Historic Places
  3. 2026On the Register for 52 years
Visit

Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 5 minutes

1401-1409 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington · about 0.1 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1Willard HotelStart here
  2. 2Garfinckel's Department StoreModerne · next door
  3. 3Federal-American National BankClassical Revival · Built 1925 · next door
  4. 4Second National BankClassical Revival · Built 1927 · next door
  5. 5Church of the EpiphanyGothic Revival · Built 1844 · next door
Around it

85 more Register listings within half a mile

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

BHotel WashingtonItalian Renaissance<0.1 mi★U.S. Department of the TreasuryGreek Revival · Built 18360.1 miBRhodes' TavernBuilt 17990.1 miBHarris & Ewing Photographic StudioItalian Renaissance · Built 19240.1 miBBrownley Confectionary BuildingArt Deco · Built 19320.1 miBNational Metropolitan Bank BuildingBeaux Arts · Built 19060.1 miBChase's Theater and Riggs BuildingBeaux Arts0.1 miBCommercial National BankStripped Classicism0.1 miDFinancial Historic District (Additional Documentation and Boundary Increase)District0.1 miBBond BuildingBeaux Arts · Built 19010.1 miBDistrict BuildingAmerican Beaux Arts Classicism · Built 19080.2 mi★Lafayette Square Historic DistrictDistrict0.2 miBRiggs National BankNeo-Classical Revival · Built 19020.2 miBAmerican Security and Trust CompanyNeo-Classical Revival · Built 19050.2 miBNational Saving And Trust CompanyBuilt 18880.2 miBHibbs, W. B., and Company BuildingBeaux Arts Classicism · Built 19070.2 miBWestory BuildingBeaux Arts Classicism0.2 miBBenjamin Ogle Tayloe HouseBuilding0.2 mi
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BReal Estate Trust Building-Continental Trust BuildingBuilt 19130.2 miBUnion Trust BuildingNeo-Classical Revival · Built 19060.2 miBOld Post Office and Clock TowerRomanesque Revival0.3 miSPresident's Park SouthSite0.3 miBSun BuildingVictorian Gothic0.3 mi★Executive Office BuildingFrench Renaissance0.3 miBChesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, Old Main BuildingItalian Renaissance0.3 miBChesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company BuildingArt Deco · Built 19270.3 mi★Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceItalianate0.3 miBMasonic TempleBuilt 19080.3 mi★Lafayette BuildingClassical Revival0.3 mi★Ashburton HouseBuilt 18360.3 mi★St. John's ChurchBuilt 18160.3 miBHamilton HotelBuilt 19220.3 mi★United Mine Workers of AmericaItalian Renaissance Revival0.3 miBTower BuildingArt Deco · Built 19290.3 miBGen. Robert Macfeely HouseVictorian Eclectic0.3 miBB.F. Saul BuildingBuilt 19240.3 mi★PHILADELPHIA (gundelo)Built 17760.4 miStU.S. Capitol Gatehouses And Gateposts (Additional Documentation)Classical · Built 18280.4 mi★Corcoran Gallery of ArtFrench Beaux Arts · Built 18690.4 miBFord's Theatre National Historic SiteBuilt 19650.4 miBNational Union BuildingRichardsonian Romanesque · Built 18900.4 miBRiggs National Bank, Washington Loan And Trust Company BranchRichardsonian0.4 miBU.S. Civil Service Commission BuildingBuilding0.4 miBEquitable Co-operative Building AssociationClassical Revival · Built 19110.4 miBLansburgh, Julius, Furniture Co., Inc.French Renaissance · Built 18700.4 miBWinder BuildingBuilding0.4 miBFederal Home Loan Bank Board Building (FHLBB)Building0.4 miBMcLachlen BuildingClassical Revival0.4 miBKing, Martin Luther, Memorial LibraryInternational Style · Built 19720.4 mi★Blair HouseBuilt 18240.4 mi★Renwick MuseumFrench Renaissance · Built 19720.4 mi★American Peace SocietyVictorian0.4 miBMetropolitan ClubItalian Renaissance0.4 mi★Decatur HouseBuilt 18180.4 miBUS Chamber of Commerce BuildingBeaux Arts · Built 19250.4 miBSouthern Railway BuildingBuilt 19280.4 mi★Franklin SchoolBuilding0.4 miBCarlton HotelBeaux Arts · Built 19260.4 miBDavidson BuildingBuilt 19170.4 miBChamplain Apartment BuildingBeaux Arts0.4 miBWire BuildingMid-Century Modern0.4 miBDenrike BuildingBuilt 19250.4 miStWashington MonumentEgyptian Revival · Built 18480.5 miBNational Museum of Natural HistoryBuilding0.5 miBLockkeeper's House, C & O Canal Extension (Additional Documentation)Built 18350.5 mi★Pan American Union HeadquartersBuilt 19100.5 miOFranklin Delano Roosevelt MemorialBuilt 19970.5 mi★Memorial Continental HallGeorgian0.5 mi★Constitution HallBuilding0.5 miDPennsylvania Avenue National Historic SiteEarly Republic0.5 mi★American National Red CrossBeaux Arts · Built 19150.5 mi★The OctagonFederal · Built 17990.5 mi★General Post OfficeGreek Revival0.5 miBEight Hundred Block of F St. NW19th Century Commercial0.5 miDDowntown Historic DistrictVernacular0.5 miBRinggold-Carroll HouseFederal0.5 mi★National Portrait GalleryGreek Revival0.5 miBBachelor Apartment HouseFrench0.5 miBThe Editors BuildingBuilding0.5 miBHill BuildingBuilding0.5 miOCivil War Monuments in Washington, DCObject0.5 miBAsbury United Methodist ChurchEnglish Gothic Revival0.5 miBUnited Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners-Local 132Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: Chicago0.5 miBThe EthelhurstBuilt 19030.5 miBPeyser Building-Security Savings and Commercial BankClassical Revival · Built 19280.5 mi
More like it

Beaux Arts style, nearby

Other National Register listings within 25 miles described as Beaux Arts.

National Metropolitan Bank BuildingBuilt 1906 · 0.1 mi away
Chase's Theater and Riggs Building0.1 mi away
Bond BuildingBuilt 1901 · 0.1 mi away
US Chamber of Commerce BuildingBuilt 1925 · 0.4 mi away

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Questions about Willard Hotel

Is Willard Hotel on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Feb 15, 1974 (Register number 74002177).

Is Willard Hotel a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; District of Columbia has 75 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is U.S. Department of the Treasury, 0.1 miles away.

Can you visit Willard Hotel?

It has its own website, the place to check whether and when it is open to visitors.

Where can I read the history of Willard Hotel?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 53 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 117692641 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.