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General Post Office (Washington, D.C.)
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The General Post Office, also known as the Tariff Commission Building, is a building in Washington, D.C.
that is currently used as the Hotel Monaco
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designed the General Post Office, completed in 1842.
Thomas U. Walter
oversaw the General Post Office's expansion from in 1855 to 1866.
The General Post Office moved out in 1897.
The General Land Office was a tenant from 1897 to 1917.
The National Selective Service Board was a tenant in 1919.
The Tariff Commission was a tenant from 1932 to 1988. The building was declared a National Historic Landmark
in 1971.
In 2002, Michael Stanton Architecture in partnership with the Kimpton Group was selected by the General Services Administration to convert the building into a 184-room hotel, known as the Washington Monaco Hotel. The Washington Monaco Hotel was honored with the Washington DC Mayor's Award for Historic Preservation, the Business Week / Architectural Record Award, the GSA Heritage Award for Adaptive Use, and the GSA Heritage Award for Conservation and Restoration.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
that is currently used as the Hotel Monaco
Hotel Monaco Washington
The Hotel Monaco Washington is a 183-room high end boutique hotel at the corner of 7th and F Streets Northwest in the Penn Quarter neighborhood of Washington, D.C.. Hotel Monaco is one of 10 Kimpton hotel properties in the Washington Metropolitan Area and is located across the street from the...
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designed the General Post Office, completed in 1842.
Thomas U. Walter
Thomas U. Walter
Thomas Ustick Walter of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was an American architect, the dean of American architecture between the 1820 death of Benjamin Latrobe and the emergence of H.H. Richardson in the 1870s...
oversaw the General Post Office's expansion from in 1855 to 1866.
The General Post Office moved out in 1897.
The General Land Office was a tenant from 1897 to 1917.
The National Selective Service Board was a tenant in 1919.
The Tariff Commission was a tenant from 1932 to 1988. The building was declared a National Historic Landmark
National Historic Landmark
A National Historic Landmark is a building, site, structure, object, or district, that is officially recognized by the United States government for its historical significance...
in 1971.
In 2002, Michael Stanton Architecture in partnership with the Kimpton Group was selected by the General Services Administration to convert the building into a 184-room hotel, known as the Washington Monaco Hotel. The Washington Monaco Hotel was honored with the Washington DC Mayor's Award for Historic Preservation, the Business Week / Architectural Record Award, the GSA Heritage Award for Adaptive Use, and the GSA Heritage Award for Conservation and Restoration.