Riggs National Bank, Washington Loan and Trust Company Branch

Historic building in Washington, D.C.

United States historic place


Riggs National Bank, Washington Loan And Trust Company Branch
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Riggs National Bank, Washington Loan and Trust Company Branch in 2008
38°53′49.7″N 77°1′27.3″W / 38.897139°N 77.024250°W / 38.897139; -77.024250
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	1891
Architect	James Hill, Arthur Heaton
Architectural style	Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	71001005^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 6, 1971

The Riggs National Bank, Washington Loan And Trust Company Branch, also known as Washington Loan and Trust, is an historic building in the Penn Quarter neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It currently serves as a hotel.

History

It was built in 1891. It was a work of James G. Hill and Arthur B. Heaton. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 for its architecture, which is Romanesque Revival and Richardsonian Romanesque. ^[2]

The building was converted to the Courtyard Washington Convention Center Hotel in 1999.^[3] The hotel closed in 2018 for a major renovation and reopened in 2019 as Riggs Washington DC Hotel.^[4] The Riggs Washington DC was then inducted into Historic Hotels of America, an official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, that same year.^[5]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Riggs National Bank, Washington Loan and Trust Company Branch". and accompanying photos
^ Rebecca Cooper (September 4, 2018). "Penn Quarter Courtyard by Marriott closing for renovations, may go independent". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
^ Rebecca Cooper (October 18, 2018). "More info on Riggs hotel (and its rooftop event space) replacing Penn Quarter Courtyard". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
^ "Riggs Washington DC: History". Historic Hotels of America. Retrieved December 14, 2022.