Memorial Continental Hall
- Architect
- Edward Pearce Casey
- Style
- Georgian
- City
- Washington, DC
Memorial Continental Hall, completed in 1910, is the national headquarters of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the oldest of three DAR buildings sharing a block at 1776 D Street NW. Edward Pearce Casey designed the marble-clad hall, which hosted the 1922 Washington Naval Conference, a major post-World War I diplomatic gathering.
the building
Porticos on three sides. All three street-facing elevations carry monumental two-story porticos with Doric columns. The east entrance, facing 17th Street and the Ellipse, is extended into a porte cochere with a drive passing directly beneath it, while the south portico curves into a semi-circular form.
the style
Casey clad the brick-and-concrete structure in Vermont marble and detailed it with Georgian revival features, giving the DAR's headquarters a formal, colonial-revival character distinct from the Beaux-Arts and Neoclassical government buildings nearby.
More on Georgiansignificance
Declared a National Historic Landmark in 1972 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the hall is best remembered as the site of the 1922 Washington Naval Conference. It remains headquarters for both the DAR and the Children of the American Revolution.
nearby
- Constitution Hall
- Pan American Union (Organization of American States)
- American National Red Cross
- Lockkeeper's House, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Extension
- Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building
- Corcoran Gallery of Art