GIGANTIC APARTMENT HOUSE TO BE BUILT IN NW WASHINGTON
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On September 28, 1926, The Evening Star reports that a new five million dollar apartment house, containing more than 3000 rooms and "capable of accommodating 5,000 persons" is going up in Northwest Washington.
The gigantic apartment building, to be known as Wardmans Gardens*, will be located adjacent to Rock Creek Park at the junction of Connecticut Avenue and 28th Street. The builder is Harry Wardman**.
The site will be a total of twelve acres said to be "a greater area than occupied by any other apartment house in the world."
*Wardmans Gardens is historically part of the iconic Wardman Park Hotel built in Washington, D.C. in the 1920s. Today the site has been transformed into a luxury residential complex.
**Harry Wardman (1872-1938) was born in Bradford, England & became a real estate developer in Washington, D.C. building hotels, luxury apartments & row houses. Upon his death, 10% of Washington, D.C. residents lived in a Wardman-built home.
SOURCE
"Apartment to Cost $5,000,000 Going Up Soon in Northwest," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., September 28, 1926, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
