Washington Loan and Trust Company
- Style
- Romanesque Revival
- City
- Washington, DC
- Collection
- romanesque revival
The Washington Loan and Trust Company building went up in 1891 for the trust company founded by Brainard Warner, designed by James G. Hill and Arthur B. Heaton in a Romanesque Revival mode. Listed on the National Register in 1971, it has since been converted into a hotel, most recently reopening in 2019 as the Riggs Washington DC.
the building
Bank to boutique hotel. The building became the Courtyard Washington Convention Center Hotel in 1999, then closed for a major renovation in 2018 before reopening in 2019 as the Riggs Washington DC Hotel.
the style
The design draws on Romanesque Revival and the heavier, rock-faced Richardsonian Romanesque associated with H.H. Richardson, a style meant to project the solidity and permanence expected of a nineteenth-century trust company.
More on Romanesque Revivalthe architect
James G. Hill and Arthur B. Heaton designed the building for the Washington Loan and Trust Company in 1891.
significance
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 for its architecture, and the Riggs Washington DC hotel that now occupies it was inducted into Historic Hotels of America in 2019.
nearby
- The Gallup Building
- National Union Building
- Ford's Theatre NHS-Star Saloon (south addition)
- Patent Office (National Portrait Gallery & National Museum of American Art)
- Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard
- General Post Office (General Land Office)