Memorial Continental Hall

Memorial Continental Hall
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Location	17th St., between C and D Sts., NW (address: 1776 D Street NW), Washington, D.C.[1]
Coordinates	38°53′38″N 77°02′24″W / 38.89389°N 77.04000°WCoordinates: 38°53′38″N 77°02′24″W / 38.89389°N 77.04000°W
Built	1904-1910
Architect	Edward Pearce Casey
Architectural style	Georgian revival, Other
NRHP Reference #	72001427
Designated NHL	November 28, 1972[2]

Memorial Continental Hall in Washington, D.C. is the national headquarters of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR).

Opened in 1910, Memorial Continental Hall was the first of three DAR buildings erected on the same site. The nearby Administration Building was built in 1920, and Constitution Hall was built at the opposite end of the site in 1929. The Administration Building was expanded in 1950 to unite all three buildings.^[3]

History

Memorial Continental Hall was commissioned by the DAR in 1902 to be used as a headquarters, assembly hall, and meeting place for DAR conferences. Architect Edward Pearce Casey used Vermont marble to build the Georgian revival structure, and construction occurred between 1904 and 1910.^[4]

Memorial Continental Hall was the site of the Washington Arms Limitation Conference in 1921-22.^[4]

The hall was loaned to the American Red Cross in 1943 for emergency wartime work.^[2]

In 1949, the stage in the auditorium was removed and the room was converted to a library.^[2]

The building was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1972.^[2][5]

Gallery

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  Memorial Continental Hall
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  Circa 1916
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  Washington Monument from Memorial Continental Hall, 1917
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  2005

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Daughters of the American Revolution Memorial Continental Hall
2. "Memorial Continental Hall" (PDF). National Park Service. August 1972.
3. "DAR National Headquarters Building History". National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
4. "DAR Constitution Hall". National Park Service. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
5. Robert Gamble and Chris Redburn (August 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Memorial Continental Hall / Site of Washington Conference of 1921-1922" (pdf). National Park Service. and Accompanying one photo, exterior, from 1972 (32 KB)

External links

• "Memorial Continental Hall". National Headquarters. Washington, D.C.: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Archived from the original on 2016-08-27. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. DC-282, "Memorial Continental Hall, Seventeenth Street between C & D Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC", 2 photos, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page