1615 Q Street, NW
The Cairo apartment house, built in 1894, was (and remains) the tallest privately owned building in Washington. At 156 feet, it towered over its neighbors, prompting laws limiting building heights. Local architect Thomas Franklin Schneider packed the Cairo with luxuries and innovations: an elaborate lobby, rooftop garden, top-floor dining room, bowling alley, shops, and electric lighting. He modeled the Moorish Revival entrance after Louis Sullivan's Transportation Building at the 1893 Columbian Exposition. In 1904, Schneider converted the Cairo to an apartment hotel for permanent and transient guests.| HM Number | HM2BT1 |
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| Tags | |
| Year Placed | 2017 |
| Placed By | The Historical Society of Washington, D.C |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Sunday, September 30th, 2018 at 11:01am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 323335 N 4308899 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 38.91123333, -77.03756667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 38° 54.674', W 77° 2.254' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 38° 54' 40.44" N, 77° 2' 15.24" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 202 |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling West |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 1615 Q St NW, Washington DC 20009, US |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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