The President leaving Willard's Hotel, Washington
Title
The President leaving Willard's Hotel, Washington
Description
An 1853 engraving depicting President Franklin Pierce leaving the Willard Hotel.
In 1820, Joshua Tennyson leased the property at Pennsylvania Avenue and Fourteenth Street from Captain John Tayloe to run a hotel just a few blocks from the White House. Tayloe‘s block of two story buildings bordered the north side of the avenue. In 1850, Henry A. and Joseph C. Willard united the six original buildings under one facade.
The hotel was later rebuilt as a twelve-story, beaux-arts style structure in 1901. The New Willard Hotel was considered one of Washington’s first skyscrapers, and became the Willard InterContinental Washington in 1986.
In 1820, Joshua Tennyson leased the property at Pennsylvania Avenue and Fourteenth Street from Captain John Tayloe to run a hotel just a few blocks from the White House. Tayloe‘s block of two story buildings bordered the north side of the avenue. In 1850, Henry A. and Joseph C. Willard united the six original buildings under one facade.
The hotel was later rebuilt as a twelve-story, beaux-arts style structure in 1901. The New Willard Hotel was considered one of Washington’s first skyscrapers, and became the Willard InterContinental Washington in 1986.
Date
1853
Subject
Willard Hotel (Washington, D.C.)
Hotels--Washington (D.C.)
Wood engravings--1850-1860
Presidential inaugurations--Washington (D.C.)--1850-1860
Parades & processions--Washington (D.C.)--1850-1860
Historic hotels
Rights
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Neal A. Prince Special Collection & Archives, New York School of Interior Design, New York, NY, United States
Format
1 print : wood engraving.
Relation
Illus. from: The illustrated news, v. 1, March 12, 1853, p. 164.
Coverage
Washington, D.C.
Files
Collection
Citation
“The President leaving Willard's Hotel, Washington,” Designing the Luxury Hotel: Neal Prince and the Inter-Continental Brand, accessed April 20, 2024, https://nealprince.omeka.net/items/show/88.