Willard InterContinental Washington Grand Ballroom, pre-renovation

Title

Willard InterContinental Washington Grand Ballroom, pre-renovation

Description

View of the Willard's Grand Ballroom before the renovation took place. There are over 7,000 square feet of marble floors on the ground level of the hotel. Over one and a half million ¾ inch square pieces were refitted, some lifted out, cleaned and shaped and others added from newly cut marble. Renovators searched old quarries in Sienna, Italy to find stone with the best color match.

Date

1986

Subject

Willard Hotel (Washington, D.C.)
Hotels--Washington (D.C.)
Historic hotels
Ballrooms

Rights

Neal A. Prince Special Collection & Archives, New York School of Interior Design, New York, NY, United States

Coverage

Washington, D.C.

Files

DC_Willard_Ballroom in Ruins 001.jpg

Citation

“Willard InterContinental Washington Grand Ballroom, pre-renovation,” Designing the Luxury Hotel: Neal Prince and the Inter-Continental Brand, accessed March 28, 2024, https://nealprince.omeka.net/items/show/91.

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