Schenley Hall

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Building

Title: Schenley Hall

Address: 2121 H Street, N.W.

Square and lot, bordering streets: Square 77 (H, I, 21st, 22nd Streets)

Architect: Unknown

Date of construction: 1920’s

Original owner: Unknown

Description: Like Thurston, Onassis, Munson and Lafayette Halls, Schenley is another example of the University converting a historic apartment building into a dormitory. It is eight stories tall with a brick and stone edifice. Two three-side bays project out from the façade. Stone veneer encases the first floors, with a wide friend at the top. A stone belt course runs over the sixth floor. A stone shield, ornamental swags and large fanlight grace the front entrance. Before acquisition by GW, this was the Schenley Apartments.

Historic designation: None

Document Information

Images: 0
Photographic Credit: n/a
Author or Source: Reconnaissance-Level Architectural Survey of Properties in Foggy Bottom, Washington, D.C., 1999
Document Location: University Archives
Date Added to Encyclopedia: January 19, 2007
Prepared by: Lyle Slovick, Assistant University Archivist; G. David Anderson, University Archivist and Historian

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