Fifteenth Street Financial Historic District

The Fifteenth Street Financial Historic District is a historic district in Washington, D.C. that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006, and modified to the Financial Historic District in 2017. It includes works of Beaux Arts and other architecture by several architects, in 20[2] contributing buildings[1]built between 1835 and 1940.This building is a linear district of monumental Beaux Arts Classicist commercial buildings notable both individually and as an extraordinarily cohesive ensemble.

Fifteenth Street Financial Historic District
LocationFifteenth St., from Pennsylvania Ave. to I St., NW, Washington, District of Columbia
extended in 2017 to K, 14th & G Sts. NW.,
Area10.7 acres (4.3 ha)
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleBeaux Arts
NRHP reference No.84003900[1] (original)
100000540 (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 12, 2006
Boundary increaseJanuary 12, 2017

It includes several separately NRHP-listed properties: Rhodes' Tavern, the U.S. Treasury Building, and the National Metropolitan Bank Building.[1][3]

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