National Hotel (Washington, DC)

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National Hotel, roughly between 1909 and 1920

The The National Hotel was a hotel in Washington, DC It was located at the northeast corner of the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and 6th Street. John Gadsby (1766–1844) had it built in 1826.

In 1857 a mysterious disease or poisoning broke out here. During the Civil War , sympathizers from the southern states met in the hotel . 1865 should be here within Conspirator of Vice-President Andrew Johnson are murdered.

In 1929 the hotel was bought by the city and in 1942 it was demolished.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "The Washington Epidemic," New York Daily Times, March 23, 1857, pg. 2.
  2. ↑ http://www.streetsofwashington.com/2009/11/national-hotel.html
  3. ↑ Kent: Lost Washington: National Hotel . In: Washington Kaleidoscope . May 7, 2009. Retrieved January 20, 2011.

Coordinates: 38 ° 53 '34.9 "  N , 77 ° 1' 10.8"  W.