Metropolitan Hotel (Washington, D.C.)

Metropolitan Hotel advertisement of 1920

The Metropolitan Hotel at Pennsylvania Avenue and Sixth Street NW in Washington, D.C. was a major hotel of the capital city of the United States from 1863 to 1933. Built in 1850 by the heirs of Jesse Brown,[1] the Metropolitan was "brick with marble veneer, originally five stories, approx[imately] twenty bays."[2] In its day it was home "to many distinguished congressmen and visitors."[3] The Metropolitan had a reputation as the hotel of politicians from the Southern states.[4]

  1. ^ "Metropolitan Hotel - D.C. Public Library Historic Image Collection".
  2. ^ "District of Columbia catalog; a list of measured drawings, photographs, and written documentation in the Survey. Nancy K. Beinke, editor". HathiTrust. Historical American Buildings Survey. p. 19. hdl:2027/mdp.39015011960674. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
  3. ^ Reed, Robert (2013-06-18). Old Washington, D.C., in Early Photographs, 1846-1932. Courier Corporation. ISBN 978-0-486-13854-1.
  4. ^ "Blackstone Courier 25 June 1909 — Virginia Chronicle: Digital Newspaper Archive". virginiachronicle.com. Retrieved 2023-12-29.