W. B. Hibbs and Company Building

Architect
Jules Henri de Sibour
Year
1907
Style
Beaux-Arts
City
Washington, DC
Collection
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W. B. Hibbs and Company Building
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The W. B. Hibbs and Company Building, also known as the Folger Building, was designed by Jules Henri de Sibour and completed in 1906 at 725 15th Street NW, a Beaux-Arts bank building in downtown Washington's financial corridor.

the style

De Sibour designed the building in the Beaux-Arts style, the formal classically-derived idiom favored for downtown Washington's bank and office buildings in this period.

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the architect

Jules Henri de Sibour designed the building, completed in 1906.

significance

It was listed on the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites on November 8, 1964, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

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