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2101 Connecticut Avenue | |
U.S. Historic district Contributing property | |
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| Location | 2101 Connecticut Avenue NW Washington, D.C., USA |
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| Coordinates | 38°55′07″N 77°02′52″W / 38.918481°N 77.047675°W |
| Built | 1928 |
| Architect | George T. Santmyers, Joseph Abel |
| Part of | Kalorama Triangle Historic District |
2101 Connecticut Avenue is a housing co-op and former apartment building sited on a prominent place in the Kalorama Triangle Historic District in Washington, D.C. The neighborhood where the building stands was mostly developed in the 1890s to early 20th-century. Many large apartment buildings had already been built in the area by the time 2101 Connecticut Avenue was constructed in 1928. It was the last of the grand and luxurious apartment buildings constructed in Kalorama Triangle. The architects for the building were George T. Santmyers and Joseph Abel, the latter doing most of the work.
The real estate project was developed by Harry M. Bralove and two business partners. Several houses were demolished to make way for the building. Although most of the neighborhood's housing was developed for the middle-class, 2101 Connecticut Avenue catered to the upper-class or higher middle-class. The building remained an apartment house until 1976 when it was converted into a co-op. It underwent a year-long renovation at the same time. The building was designated a contributing property to the Kalorama Triangle Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places and District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites in 1987. Historian and author James Moore Goode considered 2100 Connecticut Avenue the most beautiful and grandest apartment building constructed in the city between World War I and World War II.
The eclectic design of 2100 Connecticut Avenue is a mixture of Moorish Revival, Spanish Colonial, and Gothic Revival architectures. The building is eight stories and contains 64 units. It is shaped like a double 'H' (H-H), which allows each unit to have windows on three sides. In addition to parrot gargoyles above the entrance and lion heads in the frieze, a prominent architectural feature are the sixteen grotesques of demons carrying stone balls as if to throw them. They are located on top of the building.
Each unit measures 2,600 square feet (240 m2) to 3,200 square feet (300 m2) and includes three bedrooms, a large gallery, sunporch, and other features. The price of a unit is expensive, with one selling in 2022 for almost $2 million, not including the co-op fee of $4,407 per month. Prominent residents who have lived in 2101 Connecticut Avenue include a vice president, multiple senators and representatives, military officials, judges, and diplomats.