Tower Building
- Year
- 1929
- Style
- Art Deco
- City
- Washington, DC
- Collection
- d.c. deco
The Tower Building is a 14-story, 177-foot Art Deco office tower at 1401 K Street NW, completed in 1929 to the designs of architect Robert F. Beresford. It was Washington's tallest high-rise when it opened, and was the city's first office building built in the Art Deco style, inspired directly by the 1926 Art Deco exhibition in Paris.
the building
First of its kind. When it opened in 1929, the Tower Building was Washington's first Art Deco office building, drawing its inspiration directly from the 1926 Art Deco exhibition in Paris.
the style
The building was designed in the then-new Art Deco idiom shortly after the style debuted at the 1926 Paris exhibition, making it an early American adopter of a fashion still associated with European design.
More on Art Decothe architect
Little beyond his name is documented in the record for architect Robert F. Beresford. The firm Bates Warren also participated in the building's creation, with WDG Architecture and Harkins Builders involved in later work.
significance
At 177 feet, the Tower Building was Washington's tallest high-rise when it was completed in 1929; it is now the tenth-tallest building in the city and the seventh-tallest commercial building, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
nearby
- The Hamilton Crowne Plaza, Washington, D.C.
- Almas Temple
- Denrike Building
- Engine Company No. 16/Truck Company No. 3
- Southern Building
- Franklin, Benjamin, School (& Interiors)