Hotel Harrington

One of our top picks in Washington.This historic Washington, D.C. hotel is 0.8 miles from the White House and 750 yards from Verizon Center. Hotel Harrington has 3 on-site restaurants, as well as a gift shop.A cable TV is featured in each air-conditioned room at the Harrington. Free WiFi is available in all rooms, and each room has a private bathroom with a hairdryer.There are a variety of dining options in Harrington's 3 restaurants. Harriett's serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, and Harry's offers lunch and dinner with a fully licensed bar. Ollie's has burgers and milkshakes.The hotel's gift shop has local tour tickets available for sale, and also offers a variety of souvenirs. Laundry facilities are available, and there is a free Internet cafe with printing capabilities.Hotel Harrington is 500 yards from the Metro Center station, which provides easy Metro access to the DC area. Washington National Cathedral is 4.3 miles from Hotel Harrington. The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History is 650 yards away. Northwest is a great choice for travellers interested in city walks, culture and walking.Designed by the architectural firm Rich & FitzSimons, the six-story hotel boasted a dining room and two-story lobby with a mezzanine, all finished in marble. Upstairs, mahogany-trimmed hallways led to 80 rooms, all with running water and most with private baths.The hotel proved so successful that in 1918 Mills and McCutchen doubled the size of the lobby and built a 12-story annex along E Street, containing a two-story ballroom and 100 additional rooms. The Harrington now ranked among the city's largest hotels. A final expansion in 1925, a 12-story wing with another 125 rooms, filled in the rest of the E Street block to 12th Street.In 1932 the hotel installed Art Deco embellishments, including the stainless steel canopy, with back-lit letters, over the front entrance. Always innovative, the Harrington in 1938 became DC's first air-conditioned hotel. Late 1940s modernization resulted in reduced ceiling heights in the ballroom and lobby, and modern finishes and furnishings throughout the building.The hotel has provided a comfortable home-away-from-home for its guests—more than 10 million of them over the years—as well as for its employees.With a stay at Hotel Harrington in Washington (Northwest), you'll be minutes from Ford's Theater and close to Verizon Center. Featured amenities include a computer station, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and multilingual staff. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.