The St. Regis Washington, D.C.
St. Regis · White House, Downtown & West End · Washington, DC
A sense of the place
Why it's in the collection
Because it has stood two blocks from the White House since President Coolidge opened it in 1926, and has hosted every president since – four-star standing, with St. Regis butlers in the suites, and we list it at exactly the tier it holds.
- Four-star standing for the hotel, listed here as exactly that, under the St. Regis flag.
- 923 16th Street NW at K Street, two blocks north of the White House – opened on October 1, 1926 as the Carlton Hotel by developer Harry Wardman and architect Mihran Mesrobian, the pair behind The Hay-Adams two years later, and listed on the National Register within the Sixteenth Street Historic District.
- Opened by President Coolidge and host to every president since; St. Regis Butler Service in the suites.
- Alhambra, the restaurant, and the champagne sabrage at 6 p.m. each evening.
The neighborhood
The Hay-Adams · White House, Downtown & West End — © The Hay-AdamsWhite House, Downtown & West End
Six hotels within a walk of the White House, the Smithsonian museums on the Mall and the Kennedy Center. They stand on Lafayette Square, 16th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, and in the West End.
- Lafayette Square and the White House, two blocks south.
- St. John's Church and The Hay-Adams on the square; the Renwick Gallery at its corner.
- Farragut Square and K Street, a block west; the Mall's museums fifteen minutes on foot.
“The 1926 Carlton Hotel at 16th and K, opened by President Coolidge two blocks north of the White House.”
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