Wyoming Apartments Explained

Wyoming Apartments
Nrhp Type:cp
Nocat:yes
Partof:Washington Heights Historic District
Partof Refnum:06000875
Designated Nrhp Type:September 27, 2006
Location:2022 Columbia Road NW, N.W.
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Coordinates:38.9172°N -77.0458°W
Built:1905
Architecture:Beaux Arts
Added:September 27, 1983[1]
Refnum:83001414

Wyoming Apartments is a historic apartment building, located at 2022 Columbia Road, Northwest, Washington, D.C. in the Kalorama neighborhood.

History

The Beaux-Arts luxury apartment building was designed by B. Stanley Simmons, for Lester A. Barr. The building has two wings: The first was built in 1905, and the second wing was constructed in 1911. In 1982, Barr's grandson sold the building for $6.3 million to developers, who converted it to condominiums.

The building is composed of 106 apartments, 76 in the South Wing and 30 in the North Wing.

Featured in book, The Lost Child of Philomena Lee, as the weekday residence of her son, who worked for the Republican National Committee, and his partner.

The Wyoming is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is a contributing property to the Washington Heights Historic District.

Notable Residents[2]

Former

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register . 2011-10-20 . 2012-08-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120803035425/http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreghome.do?searchtype=natreghome . dead .
  2. News: A Building On the A-List. Beth Gilbert. May 19, 2007. The Washington Post.