Julius Lansburgh Furniture Co., Inc.

Julius Lansburgh Furniture Co., Inc.
Location 909 F Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
Coordinates 38°53′49.96″N 77°1′26.34″W / 38.8972111°N 77.0239833°W / 38.8972111; -77.0239833Coordinates: 38°53′49.96″N 77°1′26.34″W / 38.8972111°N 77.0239833°W / 38.8972111; -77.0239833
Area 0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Architect Adolf Cluss, Kammerheuber
Architectural style French Renaissance Revival
NRHP Reference # 74002164[1]
Added to NRHP May 8, 1974

Julius Lansburgh Furniture Co., Inc., also known as the Old Masonic Temple, is an historic building at 901 F Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Penn Quarter neighborhood.

History

The French Renaissance Revival building was designed by Adolf Cluss, and Joseph Wildrich von Kammerhueber in 1867. Construction began in June 1867; the cornerstone was laid in May 1868, by President Andrew Johnson; it was dedicated on March 20, 1870. The building cost $100,000, but a mansard roof fifth floor, was not completed because of lack of funds. There is a full basement. First-floor stores were leased, and a grand ballroom on the second-floor was rented out.[2]

Julius Lansburgh purchased the Old Masonic Temple in 1921. The building was painted white in 1922,[3] and operated as a furniture store. After Lansburgh's closed in 1970, it was listed as an historic building in 1974. In December 1979, the District of Columbia refused to issue a demolition permit in accordance with its historic preservation law. [4] The building was renovated in 2000, at a cost of $33 million.[5] It serves as the headquarters of the Gallup Organization.

References

Old Masonic Temple / Julius Lansburgh Furniture Company
  1. ↑ Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ http://www.adolf-cluss.org/index.php?lang=en&topSub=washington&content=w&sub=3.5.32
  3. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Julius Lansburgh Furniture Co. Inc. / Old Masonic Temple" (PDF).
  4. ↑ Jack Eisen, "Developer Denied Right to Demolish Historic Building." The Washington Post C5. December 22 1979
  5. ↑ "The Gallup Building". Karchem Properties. 2005. Retrieved February 20, 2012.

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