601 Pennsylvania Avenue

601 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE

ON THIS SITE IN 1814, "THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER" WAS FIRST 
SUNG IN PUBLIC. THE MOST FAMOUS OF SEVERAL HOTELS ON 
THIS BLOCK WAS BROWN'S MARBLE HOTEL (1851 - 1935), AN 
INNOVATIVE GREEK REVIVAL LANDMARK, WHERE JOHN TYLER 
AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN WERE GUESTS. IN THE 1830S, BEVERLY
SNOW, A FREE BLACK, OPERATED THE EPICUREAN RESTAURANT
ON THE CORNER OF 6TH STREET. THE ATLANTIC COAST LINE
RAILROAD BUILDING WAS COMPLETED AT THE SAME LOCATION
IN 1893, ITS FACADE WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE PRESENT
OFFICE BUILDING, ERECTED BY THE B. F. SAUL COMPANY IN 1985. 

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