Tower Building (Washington, D.C.)

Office in D.C., United States

Tower Building

Tower Building in 2015

General information
Type| Office
Location| 1401 K Street,
Washington, D.C., United States
Coordinates| 38°54′10″N 77°01′56″W﻿ / ﻿38.9028°N 77.0323°W﻿ / 38.9028; -77.0323
Completed| 1929
Height
Roof| 177 ft (54 m)
Technical details
Floor count| 14
Design and construction
Architect(s)| Robert F. Beresford

Tower Building

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Architectural style| Art Deco
NRHP reference No.| 95001084
Added to NRHP| September 7, 1995

The Tower Building is a historic high-rise building, located at 1401 K Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C., United States and is the seventh-tallest commercial building in Washington, D.C.

## History[edit]

The building stands at 177 feet (54 m) with 14 floors, and was completed in 1929. It is currently the 10th-tallest building in Washington, D.C. The architect who designed the building was Robert F. Beresford. Other firms that participated in the creation of the building were Bates Warren, WDG Architecture, PLLC, and Harkins Builders, Inc. When completed in 1929, the Tower Building was the first Art Deco office building in Washington, D.C. and was created after the inspiration of the Art Deco exhibition in Paris in 1926. The Tower Building was the city's tallest high-rise at the time of completion in 1929. In 1995, this building was added to the National Register of Historic Places[1][2]

## See also[edit]

* List of tallest buildings in Washington, D.C.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "The Tower Building". Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
2. ^ "The Tower Building". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on February 21, 2007. Retrieved 2008-07-04.

## External links[edit]

* Media related to Tower Building (Washington, D.C.) at Wikimedia Commons

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