Moran Building Explained

Moran Building
Location:501-509 G St., NW, Washington, District of Columbia
Coordinates:38.8983°N -77.0194°W
Built:1889
Builder:Moran, J.E.
Architecture:Second Empire
Added:September 26, 1983
Refnum:83001413

The Moran Building is an historic Second Empire style building, located at 501-509 G Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 for its architecture. The building was then vacant.

History

It was built in 1889 by local builder J.E. Moran. Its NRHP nomination describes it as "a distinctive commercial office building designed with exceptional verve in the Second Empire style and it is one of the last remaining commercial office buildings in that style in Washington. This small vernacular building architecturally expresses the prevading spirit of expansive optimism in both Washington and the Nation in the 1880s."[1]

It served historically as a meeting hall, as a restaurant, as a specialty store, and as a business.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=83001413}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Moran Building ]. . Tanya E. Beauchamp . 1983 . September 29, 2016 . with