Champlain Apartment Building

Champlain Apartment Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	1424 K St., NW Washington, D.C.
Coordinates	38°54′9″N 77°1′58″W / 38.90250°N 77.03278°WCoordinates: 38°54′9″N 77°1′58″W / 38.90250°N 77.03278°W
Built	1905
Architect	Harold Clinton Smith
Architectural style	Beaux-Arts
MPS	Apartment Buildings in Washington, DC, MPS
NRHP Reference #	94001042[1]
Added to NRHP	September 7, 1994

The Champlain Apartment Building, also known as the Orme Building, is an historic structure located at 1424 K St., Northwest, Washington, D.C. in the Downtown neighborhood.

History

The building was designed by architect Harold Clinton Smith and constructed in 1905. A real estate venture of Senator Redfield Proctor of Vermont (who was also the president of the Vermont Marble Company), it features a white marble Beaux-Arts Classical façade. The building exemplifies the importance of elected officials on Washington’s design and the significance of private construction in implementing the City Beautiful movement in Washington.^[2] Converted into an office building, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

References

1. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites". DC Preservation. Archived from the original on 2011-07-01. Retrieved 2011-11-29.