Elizabeth Arden Building


  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

The Elizabeth Arden Building, located at 1147 Connecticut Avenue, NW, is the work of Mott Schmidt, one of the leading 20th-century architects working in the Colonial Revival-Georgian Revival style. It is a unique example of his work and the only known multi-story office building designed by him, and his only known original design in Washington, DC. The building's style (an unusual Georgian Revival translation of the tall office form), the building's original architect, and the building's tenants- long-term exclusive tenants- exemplifies a unique coordinated effort on the part of developers, architects, and merchants to transform Connecticut Avenue into an exclusive shopping area deliberately modeled after Fifth Avenue in New York City. The building is significant for its Georgian Revival-style architecture that came to be associated with the Connecticut Avenue shopping district, and as an important work of architect Mott Schmidt. - NRHP, 27 June 2003


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1916/00/00 Elizabeth Arden Work Elizabeth Arden begins renting a converted residence for use as a beauty salon
1929/00/00 Elizabeth Arden Owner Elizabeth Arden buys her rental building and replaces it with a salon and office building, opens 1930
1929/00/00 Mott B Schmidt Architect Elizabeth Arden buys her rental building and replaces it with a salon and office building, opens 1930

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Particulars for Elizabeth Arden Building:
Architectural Style American Colonial Revival
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Business
Owner Private
Historic Use Specialty Store



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 18th August 2003

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Arden, Elizabeth, Building
Registry Address: 1147 Connecticut Ave.
Registry Number: 03000778
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Schmidt, Mott
Architectural Style: Colonial revival
Contributing Buildings: 1
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Significant Year: 1929, 1930
Historic Function: Commerce, Trade
Historic Sub-Function: Specialty store, Business
Current Function: Commerce, Trade
Current Sub-Function: Business Specialty store

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