910 17th St., NW., Washington, District Of Columbia. County/parish: District of Columbia.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 14, 2013. NRIS 12001165.
1 contributing building.
The Barr Building is an historic structure located in the Golden Triangle section of Downtown Washington, D.C. It was listed on the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites in 2012 and on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. The building was designed by Washington architect B. Stanley Simmons in the Gothic Revival style and named for its developer, John L. Barr. When completed in 1927, the building was noted for having the fastest elevators in the city. The eleven-story structure rises to a height of 115 feet (35 m).
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/117691965