Fifteenth Street Financial Historic District

The Fifteenth Street Financial Historic District is a historic district in Washington, D.C. that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006, and modified to the Financial Historic District in 2017. It includes works of Beaux Arts and other architecture by several architects, in 20[2] contributing buildings[1]built between 1835 and 1940.This building is a linear district of monumental Beaux Arts Classicist commercial buildings notable both individually and as an extraordinarily cohesive ensemble.

Fifteenth Street Financial Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Location	Fifteenth St., from Pennsylvania Ave. to I St., NW, Washington, District of Columbia extended in 2017 to K, 14th & G Sts. NW.,
Area	10.7 acres (4.3 ha)
Architect	Multiple
Architectural style	Beaux Arts
NRHP reference No.	84003900[1] (original) 100000540 (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 12, 2006
Boundary increase	January 12, 2017

It includes several separately NRHP-listed properties: American Security and Trust Company Building, Chase's Theater and Riggs Building, Hotel Washington, National Metropolitan Bank Building, National Savings and Trust Company, Riggs National Bank, Rhodes' Tavern, U.S. Treasury Building, and the W. B. Hibbs and Company Building.[1][3]

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References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Fifteenth Street Financial Historic District - Generally including structures fronting on 15th Street NW between Pennsylvania Avenue and I Street | DC Historic Sites". DC Historic Sites. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
3. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fifteenth Street Financial Historic District". National Park Service. and accompanying photos