Alban Towers
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Alban Towers is an apartment building on Massachusetts Avenue in Northwest Washington, D.C. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and is considered to be one of the best examples of Gothic Revival architecture in Washington.[2]
Alban Towers Apartment Building | |
Location | 3700 Massachusetts Ave. NW., Washington, D.C., U.S. |
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Coordinates | 38°55′43″N 77°4′26″W |
Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
Built | 1928 |
Built by | David A. Baer |
Architect | Robert O. Scholz |
Architectural style | Tudor Revival, Late Gothic Revival |
MPS | Apartment Buildings in Washington, DC, MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 94001040[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | September 9, 1994 |
Designated DCIHS | May 15, 1991 |
It is located at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue (Embassy Row) and Wisconsin Avenue, and occupies the 221,000 square foot (21,000 m²) block between those two avenues and Garfield Street, Cathedral Avenue, and 38th Street. Diagonally across the Massachusetts-Wisconsin intersection is the St. Albans School, which occupies the southwestern corner of the grounds of the Washington National Cathedral.