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1816: Capt. John Tayloe acquires land and builds six row houses at Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th Street.
1818: Tayloe's corner building is leased to Joseph A. Tennyson for use as a hotel.
1822: John Struther takes over the lease of the hotel room and names it The Mansion House.
1833: Azariah Fuller becomes hotel operator and opens under the name The American House, later changing it to The City Hotel.
1847: Henry Willard arrives in Washington to become manager of a newly expanded City Hotel. |