Modern Federal · Hotels

Oliver Carr, president of the firm that renovated the historic Willard Hotel, speaks at its reopening in 1986, Washington, D.C.

District Of Columbia · 1850–1939

Oliver Carr, president of the firm that renovated the historic Willard Hotel, speaks at its reopening in 1986, Washington, D.C., District Of Columbia, 1850–1939
Oliver Carr, president of the firm that renovated the historic Willard Hotel, speaks at its reopening in 1986, Washington, D.C., District Of Columbia, 1850–1939. Hotels — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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