Washington · Downtown
Hotel Washington
Carrère & Hastings's only commercial building in D.C., a 1917 hotel at 15th and Pennsylvania whose roof terrace appears in The Godfather Part II.
- Built
- 1917Built 1917 to Carrère & Hastings' design (D.C. Inventory); opened April 4, 1918 (Wikipedia). Renovated 2007-09 and reopened as the W Washington D.C. in 2009; renamed Hotel Washington after the 2021 sale.
- Style
- Beaux-Arts (sgraffito facade decoration)
- Architect
- Carrère & Hastings
- Type
- Grand hotel
- Area
- Downtown
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places; Inside a National Register historic district; Local landmark
The story
Carrère & Hastings designed the ten-story hotel, their only commercial building in Washington, with cream sgraffito decoration on a reddish-brown ground; it opened on April 4, 1918. Texas businessman William Lewis Moody Jr. bought it in 1940 and his family’s company owned it until 2006. The hotel closed in November 2007 for renovation and reopened on October 8, 2009 as the 317-room W Washington D.C.; after a 2021 sale the owners dropped the W franchise and restored the historic name. Its roof terrace appears in The Godfather Part II and No Way Out.
Good to know
- Address: 515 15th Street NW, Washington, DC 20004
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.