Washington · Shaw & Mount Vernon Square
Morrison-Clark Historic Inn
Two 1860s townhouses that lodged servicemen from 1923 to 1987. Ask for a Victorian room in the houses; most rooms are in 1987 and 2013 additions.
- Built
- c. 1864–65Two townhouses built in 1864 (hotel history; D.C. HPO says c. 1865); bays added 1867, porch 1917, houses connected 1930; inn since 1987. Most rooms are in a 1987 addition (42 rooms) and a 2013 addition above a 1957 church (57 rooms); the Victorian rooms are in the original mansions.
- Style
- Victorian (1917 two-story porch with a Chinese-inspired mansard roof)
- Type
- Inn
- Rooms
- 114
- Area
- Shaw & Mount Vernon Square
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places; Local landmark; Historic Hotels of America member
The story
David Morrison, a developer who sold flour and feed to the government during the Civil War, and land investor Ruben B. Clark owned the two townhouses built in 1864 at 1013 and 1015 L Street. In 1923 the Women’s Army and Navy League bought the Morrison house as inexpensive lodging for enlisted men, with Grace Coolidge receiving guests at the opening, and from 1930 the joined houses ran as the Soldiers’, Sailors’, Marines’ and Airmen’s Club until 1987. That year the club was restored and converted into the Morrison-Clark Inn with a 42-room addition, and a 2013 expansion above the former Chinese Community Church brought the inn to 114 rooms.
Good to know
- Breakfast: available
- Address: 1011 L Street NW, Washington, DC 20001
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.