Old Post Office Pavilion

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federal building former post office historic building tourist attraction

The Old Post Office Pavilion is a historic late-19th-century federal building and former post office in Washington, D.C., known for its Romanesque Revival architecture and prominent clock tower offering panoramic city views.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Old Post Office Pavilion canonical 8
City Post Office Building 1
Old Post Office 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf federal building ⓘ
former post office ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architect Office of the Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury ⓘ
Willoughby J. Edbrooke ⓘ
architecturalStyle Romanesque Revival ⓘ
category Clock towers in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
Federal Triangle ⓘ
Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
Romanesque Revival architecture in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
Skyscraper office buildings in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
completionDate 1899 ⓘ
coordinateLocation 38.895°N 77.026°W ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
formerFunction main post office for Washington, D.C. ⓘ
formerName Old Post Office Pavilion self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Old Post Office and Clock Tower
hasPart clock tower ⓘ
hasViewOf National Mall ⓘ
Pennsylvania Avenue ⓘ
Washington Monument ⓘ
height approximately 315 feet ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form: National Register of Historic Places listing

contributing property to Federal Triangle historic district ⓘ
contributing property to Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site ⓘ
inception 1892 ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Downtown Washington, D.C. ⓘ
Federal Triangle ⓘ
locatedOn Pennsylvania Avenue ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
maintainedBy U.S. General Services Administration ⓘ
surface form: General Services Administration
notableFor panoramic city views ⓘ
prominent clock tower ⓘ
NRHPListingDate 1973 ⓘ
NRHPReferenceNumber 73002124 ⓘ
numberOfFloors 12 ⓘ
openingDate 1899 ⓘ
ownedBy United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
publicAccess clock tower observation deck open to visitors ⓘ
significantEvent renovated and preserved as a mixed-use development ⓘ
threatened with demolition in the 1970s ⓘ
startDate 1892 ⓘ
streetAddress 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW ⓘ
tenant Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. (former Old Post Office) ⓘ
surface form: Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. (2016–2022)

Waldorf Astoria Washington DC (from 2022) ⓘ
use Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. (former Old Post Office) ⓘ
surface form: hotel (former Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C.)

office building ⓘ
retail space ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pennsylvania Avenue → hasLandmark → Old Post Office Pavilion ⓘ
National Postal Museum → locatedInBuilding → Old Post Office Pavilion ⓘ
this entity surface form: City Post Office Building
Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site → contains → Old Post Office Pavilion ⓘ
Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. (former Old Post Office) → formerName → Old Post Office Pavilion ⓘ
subject surface form: Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C.
this entity surface form: Old Post Office
Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. (former Old Post Office) → alsoKnownAs → Old Post Office Pavilion ⓘ
subject surface form: Old Post Office
Old Post Office Pavilion → formerName → Old Post Office Pavilion self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Post Office and Clock Tower
Federal Triangle → contains → Old Post Office Pavilion ⓘ
National Historic Landmarks in Washington, D.C. → includes → Old Post Office Pavilion ⓘ
Old Post Office Building, Washington, D.C. → alsoKnownAs → Old Post Office Pavilion ⓘ
Pennsylvania Avenue NW → passesNear → Old Post Office Pavilion ⓘ
Willoughby J. Edbrooke → notableWork → Old Post Office Pavilion ⓘ