Elizabeth Arden Building
- Address: 1147 Connecticut Ave
- Vicinity: M St NW
- Neighborhood of Downtown DC in Washington, DC
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