DC -- Penn Qtr -- Hotel Monaco (700 F St. NW):
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- MONACO_970902_01.JPG: Tariff Building
The Tariff Commission Building was built between 1836 and 1867. It was originally the city's main post office until the "Old Post Office" was opened on Pennsylvania Avenue in 1899.
In 1845, Samuel Morse opened the first telegraph office in America in this building. The telegraph was considered a modern extension of the post office so this made some sense.
The main significance of this building, however, is that I worked here when I first moved to Washington DC. It was where the US International Trade Commission was located. They eventually had a new office built in southwest DC and the building became a storage annex for the Museum of American Art and the National Portrait Gallery. However, that didn't last for long and as of 1997, they're talking about turning the building into some sort of condominium complex.
- Wikipedia Description: Hotel Monaco (Washington, D.C.)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 National Portrait Gallery and the Verizon Center. The hotel opened in the summer of 2002 and was named one of the 80 best new hotels in the world in 2003 by Condé Nast Traveler.
Architecture:
The Hotel Monaco is located inside the neoclassical General Post Office building, a National Historic Landmark constructed in 1839 that was the first all-marble building in Washington and patterned after the Roman Temple of Jupiter. The hotel, listed on the Historic Hotels of America, occupies an entire city block between 7th and 8th, and E and F streets. The four-story building is separated by a courtyard. One half of the structure was designed by Robert Mills, designer of the Washington Monument, while the other half was designed by Thomas U. Walter, one of the architects for the United States Capitol.
Kimpton began a $32 million dollar renovation on the General Post Office Building in 2000 after an agreement with the General Services Administration to lease the building for 60 years. The main post office area was transformed into the hotel lobby and the mail-sorting pavilion became the restaurant.
Room design:
The hotel rooms feature vaulted 12-18 ft (3.7-5.5 m) ceilings and long windows. The color scheme of each room is eclectic. The drapes are charcoal and white patterned, the walls are yellow, lounge chairs are periwinkle blue, chandeliers are lime green, and damask pillows are a mixture of orange and red. A bust of Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States and a good friend of Robert Mills, sits on top of a neoclassic armoire in each room. In addition to standard rooms and suites, the hotel features "Tall Rooms" with 18-foot ceilings, 96-inch (244 cm) beds, and raised showerheads. First floor rooms are mostly below ground with only small windows near the ceiling letting in sunlight. The second through fourth floor exterior rooms face the city, while the interior rooms face the courtyard and restaurant. Each guest is given a complimentary goldfish at check-in which hotel staff feed and maintain during the guest's stay.
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