Andrew Mellon Building
McCormick Apartments | |
Beaux Arts | |
NRHP reference No. | 73002100 |
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Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | April 3, 1973[1] |
Designated NHL | May 11, 1976[2] |
McCormick Apartments, also known as Andrew Mellon Building, Mellon Apartment, or 1785 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, is a landmark
History
The Andrew Mellon Building was built by Stanley McCormick, heir to the International Harvester fortune, in 1915 and completed in 1917. Washington-based
- Thomas F. Ryan, 1920–1922
- Robert Woods Bliss, 1920–1923
- Edwin T. Meredith, 1921
- Andrew W. Mellon, 1922–1937
- Sumner Welles, 1921–1927
- Alanson B. Houghton, 1930–1934
The millionaire industrialist Andrew Mellon is perhaps most significant of these past occupants. He was
After 1941, the building was used for offices and eventually partitioned. The property was conveyed by deed from Katherine Dexter McCormick to the American Council on Education on March 31, 1950. Later the property was conveyed to
The Andrew Mellon Building was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.[2][6]
2013 sale
The National Trust put the building up for sale in mid-2009. The organization said it had outgrown the 60,000 square feet (5,600 m2) building and needed about 80,000 square feet (7,400 m2) of space. Real estate experts believed the structure would sell for $1,000 a square foot, or $60 million. Potential buyers considered turning it into a museum or luxury apartments again, but there were no offers at any price. After Trust president Richard Moe stepped down in early 2010 and was replaced by Stephanie Meeks, the organization's board of directors decided to pull the building off the market so that Meeks would not have to devote all her time to finding the National Trust a new home. Instead, National Trust officials said they would rehabilitate some of the structure's windows,
In late June 2013, the National Trust sold the Mellon Building to the
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ a b "Andrew Mellon Building". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
- National Historic Landmarks Program
- ^ Washington, D.C. Embassy Row Walking Tour, from National Geographic Traveler
- ^ Wheeler, Lucy Pope (1978). "McCormick Apartments" (PDF). Historic American Buildings Survey. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. p. 3. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
- ^ Cathy A. Alexander; Ralph Christian; George R. Adams (January 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Andrew Mellon Apartment, McCormick Apartments / 1785 Massachusetts Ave. Office Bldg., Brookings Institution" (pdf). National Park Service.
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(help) and Accompanying two photos, exterior, from 1971 and 1975 (32 KB) - ^ Plumb, Tierney (June 28, 2010). "National Trust Building Goes Off the Market After No Offers". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved 2013-10-07.
- ^ Sernovitz, Daniel J. (June 28, 2013). "National Trust for Historic Preservation Lands at the Watergate". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
- ^ O'Connell, Jonathan (June 27, 2013). "National Trust for Historic Preservation Moving Offices to the Watergate". Washington Post. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
- ^ "CBRE Arranges Sale of Iconic Headquarters of National Trust for Historic Preservation". CityBizList.com. June 26, 2013. Archived from the original on March 9, 2014. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
External links
- Media related to Andrew Mellon Building at Wikimedia Commons
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. DC-265, "McCormick Apartments, 1785 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC", 5 photos, 18 data pages
- Andrew Mellon Building -Historic Marker Database