Wyoming Apartments

United States historic place

Significant dates

Wyoming Apartments
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property

Wyoming Apartments in 2020
38°55′2″N 77°2′45″W / 38.91722°N 77.04583°W / 38.91722; -77.04583
Built	1905
Architectural style	Beaux Arts
Part of	Washington Heights Historic District (ID06000875)
NRHP reference No.	83001414 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 27, 1983^[2]
Designated CP	September 27, 2006

Wyoming Apartments is a historic apartment building, located at 2022 Columbia Road, Northwest, Washington, D.C. in the Kalorama neighborhood.

History

The Beaux-Arts luxury apartment building was designed by B. Stanley Simmons, for Lester A. Barr. The building has two wings: The first was built in 1905, and the second wing was constructed in 1911.^[3] In 1982, Barr's grandson sold the building for $6.3 million to developers, who converted it to condominiums.

The building is composed of 106 apartments, 76 in the South Wing and 30 in the North Wing.

Featured in book, The Lost Child of Philomena Lee, as the weekday residence of her son, who worked for the Republican National Committee, and his partner.

The Wyoming is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is a contributing property to the Washington Heights Historic District.

Notable Residents^[4]

Former

Betty Friedan
Christopher Hitchens
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George Stephanopoulos

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ "National Register". Archived from the original on 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/83001414_text
^ Beth Gilbert (May 19, 2007). "A Building On the A-List". The Washington Post.