740 15th St. NW, Washington, District Of Columbia. County/parish: District of Columbia.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 19, 1984. NRIS 84000867.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Union Trust Building is a nine-story office building at 740 15th Street Northwest in Washington, D.C. It was built between 1906 and 1907 by the Union Trust Company, It was the first bank designed by Waddy Butler Wood, touching off a trend of DC banks using local architects.
The building was expanded in 1927 and again in 1983 during its renovation as a modern office building. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is a contributing property to the Financial Historic District.
It sits on the site of Wormley's Hotel, where the Compromise of 1877 was reached, ending Reconstruction and electing President Rutherford B. Hayes.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/117692572