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Ford Motor Company Building, 451-455 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Location451-455 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest,
Washington, DC
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS DC-375
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-43).
Building/structure dates:
1916 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1979 demolished
Significance: The Ford Motor Company Building is an early example of reinforced concrete construction in Washington. It was designed by Albert Kahn Associates of Detroit, Michigan, one of the country's foremost architectural firms during the early 1900s. In this building, Kahn combines industrial with Neoclassical detailing. This building signifies the grand scale development that began to transform Pennsylvania Avenue in the late Nineteenth Century.
Subjects
Offices
Related Names
Albert Kahn & Associates
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE (SOUTH) ELEVATION
2. PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE GENERAL VIEW
3. PENNSYLVANIA AVE. AND JOHN MARSHAL PLACE CORNER ELEVATION
4. JOHN MARSHAL PLACE (EAST) ELEVATION
5. PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE MAIN ENTRANCE (CAST IRON)
6. VIEW OF UPPER FLOORS
7. DETAIL OF MEDALLIONS
8. INDUSTRIAL WINDOW SASH
9. VIEW FROM ROOF LOOKING WEST
10. VIEW FROM ROOF LOOKING EAST
11. INTERIOR COLUMN WITH SHEAR PLATE DETAIL
12. STAIRCASE IN SHOWROOM
13. PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE (SOUTH) ELEVATION
14. JOHN MARSHALL PLACE (EAST) ELEVATION
15. SECTION ON LINE A A
16. THIRD FLOOR PLAN
17. DETAILS OF CORNICE (ELEVATIONS)
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