The Kennedy-Warren
- Architect
- Joseph Younger
- Year
- 1931
- Style
- Art Deco
- City
- Washington, DC
- Collection
- d.c. deco
The Kennedy-Warren is an 11-story Art Deco apartment building at 3131-3133 Connecticut Avenue NW, designed by architect Joseph Younger and built between 1930 and 1931 with 210 original apartments overlooking the National Zoological Park. The Great Depression halted Younger's planned wings, and the building is considered the largest and best example of Art Deco architecture in Washington.
the building
The unfinished plan, completed later. Younger's design called for northeast and south wings, but construction stopped with the Depression. The northeast wing was finally built in 1935 with 107 more apartments, designed by Alexander H. Sonneman, and the south wing followed between 2002 and 2004 under architects Hartman-Cox, bringing the total to 425 apartments.
the style
Recognized as the largest and best example of Art Deco architecture in Washington, D.C., the Kennedy-Warren's scale on Connecticut Avenue anchors the Cleveland Park and Woodley Park area near the Klingle Valley Bridge.
More on Art Decothe architect
Joseph Younger designed the Kennedy-Warren's original 1930-31 building; later additions came from Alexander H. Sonneman for the 1935 wing and Hartman-Cox for the 2002-2004 south wing.
significance
The Kennedy-Warren was listed as a District of Columbia Historic Landmark in 1989 and is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places; the B.F. Saul Company has owned it since 1935.
nearby
- Cathedral Mansions
- Uptown Theater
- Tregaron Estate
- Sedgwick Gardens
- Ingleside
- Slayton, William L., House (and Interior)