Fireplace. The Old Post Office and Clock Tower, Washington, D.C

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Old Post Office and Clock Tower and located at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. Construction began in 1892, and completed in 1899. The building is a contributing property to the Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site. It was used as the city's main General Post Office until 1914 at the beginning of World War I. Major renovations occurred in 1976 and 1983. The 1983 renovation opened a whole new chapter in the structure's history and use, added a food court and retail space that together with the building's central atrium with an added roof skylight acquired the name of "Old Post Office Pavilion." In 2013, the U.S. General Services Administration leased the property for 60 years to a consortium headed by "DJT Holdings LLC", a holding company that Donald Trump owns through a revocable trust. Trump developed the property into a luxury hotel, the Trump International Hotel, Washington, D.C., which opened in September 2016.
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration.
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Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2017; (DLC/PP-2017:162-3).
Forms part of: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.