Tower Building (Washington, D.C.)

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.

Tower Building
General information
Type	Office
Location	1401 K Street, Washington, D.C., United States
Coordinates	38.9028°N 77.0323°W
Completed	1929
Height
Roof	177 ft (54 m)
Technical details
Floor count	14
Design and construction
Architect	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

History

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

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

References

1. "The Tower Building". Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
2. "The Tower Building". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2008-07-04.

External links

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