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The Committee: 1920

Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Red Cross group, Government Hotels." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Red Cross group, Government Hotels." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

 

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These "government hotels" are the dormitories constructed between the Capitol and Union Station duting WWI. Visible at rear--with second-story Romanesque arched windows, double pilasters, festoons under the top-story windows, and a baluster on the roof--is the north facade of the Russell Senate Office Building.

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