Eight Hundred Block of F St. NW

Eight Hundred Block of F St. NW
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Eight Hundred Block of F St. NW in 2008
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Location	800--818 F St. and 527 9th St., NW., Washington, District of Columbia
Coordinates	38°53′49.7″N 77°1′24.5″W
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1875 (1875)
Architect	Multiple, including James H. McGill Nicholas T. Haller
Architectural style	Italianate, Romanesque, Italianate Commercial
NRHP reference No.	74002159[1]
Added to NRHP	April 2, 1974

The Eight Hundred Block of F Street NW refers to a collection of five commercial buildings in the Penn Quarter neighborhood of Washington, DC.^[2] It formerly housed the International Spy Museum and is across the street from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. It currently houses a branch of the Shake Shack.

Buildings

• 1892, Warder Building, S.E. corner of 9th and F Sts, designed by Washington architect Nicholas T. Haller, Richardsonian Romanesque style, this was a large elevator building intended for use as offices, apartments and stores.
• 1875, Le Droit Building, S.W. corner of 8th and F Sts, designed by James H. McGill, Italianate commercial style, intended exclusively for use as offices

References

1. "National Register Information System – (#74002159)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Beauchamp, Tanya. "NRHP Nomination Form". Dec 12, 1973. National Capital Planning Commission / National Park Service. Retrieved December 22, 2013.

External links

• Photos from the Nomination form in 1974