Mayflower Hotel. Buttolph menus collection.
Summary
The Mayflower Hotel is a historic hotel in downtown Washington, D.C. The largest luxury hotel in the District of Columbia, the longest continuously operating hotel in the Washington D.C., it is known as the "Grande Dame of Washington", the "Hotel of Presidents", and as the city's "Second Best Address" (the White House is the first). The Mayflower Hotel was built by Allen E. Walker, Initially called the Hotel Walker, it was to have 11 stories, 1,100 rooms, and cost $6.2 million ($87,650,497 in 2016 dollars). It opened on February 18, 1925.
Tags
Date
1937
Contributors
Buttolph, Frank E., Miss (d. 1924), Collector
Enright, Walter J. (Walter Joseph) (1879-1969), Artist
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Garner, John Nance, 1868-1967
Source
New York Public Library
Copyright info
Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication ("CCO 1.0 Dedication")