Fifteenth Street Financial Historic District
Fifteenth Street Financial Historic District map after the 2017 boundary increase
Fifteenth Street Financial Historic District is located in the District of Columbia
Fifteenth Street Financial Historic District
Fifteenth Street Financial Historic District is located in the United States
Fifteenth Street Financial Historic District
LocationFifteenth St., from Pennsylvania Ave. to I St., NW, Washington, District of Columbia
extended in 2017 to K, 14th & G Sts. NW.,
Area10.7 acres (4.3 ha)
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleBeaux Arts
NRHP reference No.84003900[1] (original)
100000540 (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 12, 2006
Boundary increaseJanuary 12, 2017

The Fifteenth Street Financial Historic District is a historic district in Washington, D.C. that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006, and modified to the Financial Historic District in 2017. It includes works of Beaux Arts and other architecture by several architects, in 20[2] contributing buildings[1] built between 1835 and 1940. This building is a linear district of monumental Beaux Arts Classicist commercial buildings notable both individually and as an extraordinarily cohesive ensemble.

It includes several separately NRHP-listed properties: American Security and Trust Company Building, Chase's Theater and Riggs Building, Hotel Washington, National Metropolitan Bank Building, National Savings and Trust Company, Riggs National Bank, Rhodes' Tavern, U.S. Treasury Building, and the W. B. Hibbs and Company Building.[1][3] Prominent contributing properties in the district include the Freedman's Bank Building, Southern Building, and Woodward Building.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Fifteenth Street Financial Historic District - Generally including structures fronting on 15th Street NW between Pennsylvania Avenue and I Street | DC Historic Sites". DC Historic Sites. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  3. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fifteenth Street Financial Historic District". National Park Service. and accompanying photos
  4. ↑ Williams, Kim (November 2016). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form - Financial Historic District (Amendment and Boundary Increase)" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved April 29, 2022.

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