Modern Federal · Hotels

Oliver Carr, left, president of the firm that renovated the historic Willard Hotel, waits to speak at its reopening in 1986. To his right is U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a driving force behing the restoration of much of historic Pennsylvania Avenue on which the Willard is located in Washington, D.C.

District Of Columbia · 1850–1939

Oliver Carr, left, president of the firm that renovated the historic Willard Hotel, waits to speak at its reopening in 1986. To his right is U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a driving force behing the restoration of much of historic Pennsylvania Avenue on which the Willard is located in Washington, D.C., District Of Columbia, 1850–1939
Oliver Carr, left, president of the firm that renovated the historic Willard Hotel, waits to speak at its reopening in 1986. To his right is U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a driving force behing the restoration of much of historic Pennsylvania Avenue on which the Willard is located in Washington, D.C., District Of Columbia, 1850–1939. Hotels — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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