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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
City Post Office Building	1
Old Post Office	1
Old Post Office and Clock Tower	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 (6)

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

Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. (former Old Post Office) → alsoKnownAs → Old Post Office Pavilion ⓘ

subject surface form: Old Post Office

Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site → contains → Old Post Office Pavilion ⓘ

Old Post Office Pavilion → formerName → Old Post Office Pavilion self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Post Office and Clock Tower

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

Pennsylvania Avenue → hasLandmark → Old Post Office Pavilion ⓘ

National Postal Museum → locatedInBuilding → Old Post Office Pavilion ⓘ

this entity surface form: City Post Office Building