Meridian Hill Heritage Neighborhood, Washington DC Photos

The midline of DC has upscale 18/19th-century residences flanking 16th Street, north from the White House to Meridian Hill.

See also: Subject index for Washington, Captions list for Washington, White House & Lafayette Square, Buildings on National Register
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Grace Reformed Church / Teddy Roosevelt's Church (1881-1902) (1405 15th St. NW).
Style: Victorian Gothic. On National Register.

Grace Reformed Church stained glass windows.

Grace Reformed Church stained glass windows.

St. Luke's Episcopal Church (1898) (15th & Church Sts. NW). Style: Victorian Gothic. Architect: Calvin T.S. Brent. On National Register.

Hightowers (1530 16th St. NW) & streetscape. Style: Art Moderne.

Hightowers apartment entrance.
Style: Art Moderne.

Hightowers door detail.
Style: Art Moderne.

Turn of Century stone house with octagonal towers (1532 16th St. NW).

The Huntley doorway.

Apartments in Art Deco, modern infill & Italianate styles (1610-6 16th St. NW).

Mansion built by an oil magnate (1886) (1623 16th St. NW). Style: Romanesque.

Mansion (1628 16th St. NW).
Style: Romanesque.

Mixed styles of mansions (1702-10 16th St. NW).

Gargoyles on Chastelton apartment building (1701 16th St. NW). Style: Gothic revival.

Temple of the Scottish Rite (1911) (16th & S Sts. NW) modeled after Mausoleum of King Mausolus.
Style: Neoclassical. Architect: John Russell Pope.

Sphinx before Temple of the Scottish Rite.

Bronze doors of Temple of the Scottish Rite.

Dutch-style mansion (1700 16th St. NW).

Universalist Unitarian Church (1810 16th St. NW).

Universalist Unitarian Church doorway relief of Christ with Four Apostles.

Multicolored row houses (1816-26 16th St. NW).

Stone & brick townhouses (1832 16th St. NW).

Stone townhouse facade (1832 16th St. NW).

Stone townhouse porch (1832 16th St. NW.

Yellow townhouse (1908 16th St. NW).

Balfour Apartments (20001 16th St. NW).

Balfour Apartments entrance.

Pansies in 16th St. NW garden.

Row of houses on 16th St. NW above U St.

Meridian Hill Park (1912-1935) tower at corner on 16th St. NW.
Architect: Horace W. Peaslee. On National Register.

Statue of Joan of Arc in Meridian Hill Park.

House (1927) (2437 15th St. NW).
Style: Italianate. Architect: George Oakley Totten Jr. On National Register.

The Envoy (formerly Meridian Mansions) (1918) (2400 16th St. NW). Style: Italianate. Architect: Alex H. Sonneman. On National Register.

The Envoy Italianate facade. On National Register.

Park Tower (1928) (2440 16th St. NW).
Style: Art Deco. Architect: William Harris. On National Register.

Park Tower & buildings opposite Meridian Hill Park.

Chateau-style mansion (2460 16th St. NW).

Pink Palace / Inter-American Defense Board (1905) (2600 16th St. NW). Style: Venetian Gothic palace. Architect: George Oakley Totten Jr. On National Register.

Pink Palace / Inter-American Defense Board (1905) (2600 16th St. NW).
Style: Venetian Gothic palace. Architect: George Oakley Totten Jr.

Tower of Lithuanian Embassy building (2622 16th St. NW).
Style: Romanesque.

Polish Embassy building (2640 16th St. NW). Style: Second Empire.

Statue of Poncho Villa at Mexican cultural Institute (on 16th St. NW).
Style: Second Empire.

Scottish Rite Temple & Unification Church spire.

Scottish Rite Temple (2800 16th St. NW).

Unification Church spire.

All Souls Unitarian Church & National Baptist Memorial spires (on 16th St. NW at Harvard St.).

All Souls Unitarian Church (1924) (16th St. NW at Harvard St.).
Architect: Coolidge & Shattuck.

National Baptist Memorial (on 16th St. NW at Harvard St.).

U St. houses with terra cotta.

Willard Streetscape.

Willard Streetscape.

Willard Streetscape.

1753 T St. with terra cotta.

1763 T St. with turrets.

All photos on this page are originals by & copyrighted by Jim Steinhart.
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