Washington Hilton
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| place | 1919 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington DC |
| architect | William B. Tabler |
| Builder | Uris Brothers |
| Construction year | 1965 |
The Washington Hilton is a hotel in Washington, DC. It has 1,119 rooms and is located on Connecticut Avenue, NW, roughly on the borders of Kalorama, Dupont Circle and Adams Morgan. For a long time it was the largest pillarless ballroom in the city with around 3,600 m² . Major events are regularly held there, such as the annual Black Caucus, WHCA and Radio and Television Correspondents' Association dinners , as well as the National Prayer Breakfast .
In 1967 the Doors played there, in 1968 Jimi Hendrix .
In 1972 the first International Conference on Computer Communications took place at the Washington Hilton , one of the first public presentations of the ARPANET .
In 1981, John Hinckley attempted the murder of President Ronald Reagan at one of the hotel exits ; after the assassin, the hotel is sometimes referred to as "Hinckley Hilton".
In 2007, the investment firm Lowe Enterprises Investors took over the hotel from Magic Johnson together with the Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund .