The Arlington Hotel was a hotel in Washington, D.C.. It was built in 1868 and was considered the most opulent hotel in Washington, D.C. during the post-Civil War era, [1] described as a "distinctive but low-keyed example of the Second Empire style." [2]
The hotel was located at Vermont Avenue and I Street, N.W. in Washington, D.C.
The hotel was built in 1868 and was expanded in 1889. It served as the Washington, D.C. residence for several U.S. government officials, including Garret Hobart, who served as the nation's 24th U.S. vice president in the McKinley administration.
Three-term Speaker of the House Thomas Brackett Reed, who also resided in the hotel, died there from Bright's disease in December 1902. [3]
Several international notables also stayed at The Arlington Hotel during their visit to the nation's capital, including King Albert I of Belgium, Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia, and Emperor Pedro II of Brazil as well as industrialists and financial magnates Andrew Carnegie and J. P. Morgan. [1]
In 1899, The Successful American magazine recognized the Arlington Hotel as "one of the foremost hotels of the country," reporting that the hotel had "sheltered every preeminent American for years and has been the temporary home of every potentate" visiting Washington, D.C. in the era. [4]
In 1912, the hotel was demolished in 1912 in order to proceed with plans to build an even larger hotel on the location. When financing fell through for the new hotel, however, the building and land were sold to the U.S. government in 1918, which built the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs headquarters on the property.
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