United States Chamber of Commerce
- Architect
- Cass Gilbert
- Year
- 1925
- Style
- Beaux-Arts
- City
- Washington, DC
- Collection
- the city beautiful
Cass Gilbert designed the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's headquarters at 1615 H Street NW, completed in 1925 in the Beaux-Arts style on land that had once been the home of Daniel Webster. The Chamber still occupies the building today, and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992 for its architecture.
the building
Daniel Webster's old lot. The building rises on ground once occupied by the home of Daniel Webster, layering a 1925 Beaux-Arts headquarters over a site with deep roots in Washington's early political history.
the style
The building was designed in the Beaux-Arts style, Cass Gilbert's chosen idiom for the Chamber's new headquarters in 1925.
More on Beaux-Artssignificance
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992 for its architecture, and has remained the Chamber of Commerce's headquarters since its completion in 1925.
nearby
- Third Church of Christ, Scientist
- Saint John's Church
- Decatur House
- American Peace Society house
- Blair House (Blair-Lee House; President's Guest House)
- The St. Regis Washington, D.C.