Beaux-Arts architecture in Washington
Beaux-Arts is the grand classical manner taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, with paired columns, sculpted swags and monumental stairs. American architects trained there applied it to civic buildings and mansions from the 1880s to the 1920s.
The stops that carry a construction date run from 1901 to 1926. 15 stops, 1.7 miles end to end. One stop is a historic district rather than a single building.
Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Oct 16, 2026.
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Map
Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data, or from Wikidata where the spatial data has no point. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.
Walking order
- 1Champlain Apartment Building1424 K St., NW.Building · listed 1994start
- 2The Ethelhurst1025 Fifteenth St., NWBuilding · built 19030.1 mi from stop 1
- 3Carlton Hotel923 16th St., NW.Building · built 1926 · listed 19900.1 mi from stop 2
- 4US Chamber of Commerce Building1615 H St., NW.Building · built 1925 · listed 19920.1 mi from stop 3
- 5Financial Historic DistrictFifteenth St., from Pennsylvania Ave. to I St., NWHistoric district · listed 20060.3 mi from stop 4
- 6Chase's Theater and Riggs Building1426 G St. NW. and 615--627 15th St. NW.Building · listed 1978204 ft from stop 5
- 7National Metropolitan Bank Building613 15th St., NW.Building · built 1906 · listed 197899 ft from stop 6
- 8Hotel Washington515 15th St., NW.Building · listed 1995328 ft from stop 7
- 9Willard Hotel1401-1409 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.Building · built 1901 · listed 1974264 ft from stop 8
- 10Bond Building1404 New York Ave., NWBuilding · built 1901 · listed 19830.1 mi from stop 9
- 11Hibbs, W. B., and Company Building725 Fifteenth St., NW.Building · built 1907 · listed 1991236 ft from stop 10
- 12Westory Building607 14th St., NW.Building · listed 2012446 ft from stop 11
- 13Real Estate Trust Building-Continental Trust Building1343 H St., NW.Building · built 1913 · listed 2015280 ft from stop 12
- 14Hamilton Hotel1001 14th St., NW.Building · built 1922 · listed 2013352 ft from stop 13
- 15Central Public Library801 K St. NWBuilding · built 1902 · listed 19690.5 mi from stop 14
1.7 straight-line miles over 14 legs.
Taking it along
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- Open the first stop in Apple MapsThe Apple Maps web link carries one destination, so this is stop 1 only
Other walks in Washington
- Neoclassical architecture in Washington11 stops · 1.7 milesNeoclassical buildings borrow the columns, pediments and symmetry of Greek and Roman temples. The Washington examples on this route went up between 1902 and 1928.
- Federal architecture in Washington11 stops · 2.0 milesFederal architecture is a restrained classical manner with flat wall surfaces, fanlights over the door and delicate ornament around openings and mantels. The Washington examples on this route went up between 1794 and 1831.
- Renaissance Revival architecture in Washington11 stops · 2.0 milesRenaissance Revival draws on the Italian palazzo, with a rusticated ground floor, round arched windows and a strong horizontal cornice. The Washington examples on this route went up between 1836 and 1927.
- Art Deco architecture in Washington10 stops · 2.1 milesArt Deco uses stepped massing, vertical piers and flat geometric ornament in stone, metal and terra cotta. The Washington examples on this route went up between 1927 and 1941.
- Houses and mansions in Washington15 stops · 1.8 milesThe route links houses built between 1765 and 1925. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk.
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Guidebooks to historic places in Washington, D.C.
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