Type Office Roof 177 ft (54 m) NRHP Reference # 95001084 Opened 1929 Architectural style Art Deco | Completed 1929 Floor count 14 Height 54 m Floors 14 Added to NRHP 7 September 1995 | |
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Location 1401 K Street, Washington, D.C., United States Similar Champlain Apartment Building, One Franklin Square, The Investment Building, 1090 Vermont Avenue, Franklin Square | ||
The Tower Building is a historic high-rise building, located at 1401 K Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C., United States and is the seventh-tallest commercial building in Washington, D.C.
History
The building stands at 177 feet (54 m) with 14 floors, and was completed in 1929. It is currently the 10th-tallest building in Washington, D.C. The architect who designed the building was Robert F. Beresford. Other firms that participated in the creation of the building were Bates Warren, WDG Architecture, PLLC, and Harkins Builders, Inc. When completed in 1929, the Tower Building was the first Art Deco office building in Washington, D.C. and was created after the inspiration of the Art Deco exhibition in Paris in 1926. The Tower Building was the city's tallest high-rise at the time of completion in 1929. In 1995, this building was added to the National Register of Historic Places