Moran Building

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Moran Building
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Moran Building in 2017
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Location501-509 G St., NW, Washington, District of Columbia
Coordinates 38°53′54″N77°1′10″W / 38.89833°N 77.01944°W / 38.89833; -77.01944 Coordinates: 38°53′54″N77°1′10″W / 38.89833°N 77.01944°W / 38.89833; -77.01944
Area0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built1889
Built byMoran, J.E.
Architectural style Second Empire
NRHP reference No. 83001413 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 26, 1983

The Moran Building is an historic Second Empire style building, located at 501-509 G Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C.. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 for its architecture. [1] The building was then vacant. [2]

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History

It was built in 1889 by local builder J.E. Moran. Its NRHP nomination describes it as "a distinctive commercial office building designed with exceptional verve in the Second Empire style and it is one of the last remaining commercial office buildings in that style in Washington. This small vernacular building architecturally expresses the prevading spirit of expansive optimism in both Washington and the Nation in the 1880s." [2]

It served historically as a meeting hall, as a restaurant, as a specialty store, and as a business. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 1 2 Tanya E. Beauchamp (1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Moran Building". National Park Service . Retrieved September 29, 2016. with two photos from 1983