Mayflower Hotel
- Architect
- Warren and Wetmore
- Style
- Beaux-Arts
- City
- Washington, DC
- Collection
- the city beautiful
Opened on Connecticut Avenue NW in downtown Washington, the Mayflower Hotel was designed by Warren and Wetmore, the New York firm behind Grand Central Terminal, in the Beaux-Arts style. It grew into the largest luxury hotel in Washington, D.C., and the longest continuously operating hotel in the metropolitan area, earning the nickname the 'Grande Dame of Washington.'
the building
Hotel of Presidents. Harry S. Truman, a frequent guest, called the Mayflower the city's 'Second Best Address' after the White House, and the hotel's roster of presidential visitors gave it the enduring nickname the 'Hotel of Presidents.'
A charter Historic Hotel. The Mayflower was a charter member of Historic Hotels of America, the National Trust for Historic Preservation's official program, cementing its status among Washington's great hotels alongside rivals like the Willard InterContinental and the Hay-Adams.
the style
Warren and Wetmore, best known for Grand Central Terminal in New York, brought the same monumental Beaux-Arts vocabulary to the Mayflower, giving Washington a grand hotel with the scale and formality of a great transportation palace.
More on Beaux-Artsthe architect
Warren and Wetmore was a New York architecture firm most famous for designing Grand Central Terminal; the Mayflower stands as one of their major works outside New York, bringing their Beaux-Arts grandeur to the nation's capital.
significance
Individually designated a DC Historic Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the DC Inventory of Historic Sites, the Mayflower is a charter member of Historic Hotels of America under the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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