Elizabeth Arden Building

Architect: Mott B. Schmidt
Style: Colonial Revival
City: Washington, DC

Built in 1929 at 1147 Connecticut Avenue NW, this Georgian Revival building housed the Elizabeth Arden beauty salon — the only known Washington, D.C. design by New York architect Mott B. Schmidt. It was renovated in 1996 for the Tiny Jewel Box store, which occupies it today.

the style

Colonial Revival (c. 1880–1960): America quoting its own past: symmetrical fronts, shuttered windows, and a front door dressed with fanlight, sidelights, or a small columned porch.

the architect

Mott B. Schmidt, a New York architect, designed the building — his only known work in Washington, D.C.

significance

Designated DC Historic Landmark #L_0179 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

nearby

Saint Matthew's Cathedral and Rectory 380 ft · Byzantine · 1840
Mayflower Hotel 410 ft · Beaux-Arts
Waggaman–Ray Commercial Row 460 ft · Neoclassical
General Federation of Women's Clubs Headquarters 0.1 mi · Renaissance Revival
Sumner, Charles School 0.1 mi · Second Empire · 1872
Moore, Clarence, House (Old Canadian Embassy) 0.2 mi · Beaux-Arts

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