Meridian Mansions (The Envoy) - View this location on map One of the city's finest apartment hotels when opened; prestigious address which served as home to numerous senators, congressmen, and diplomats; lobby with massive marble columns, elaborate ornamental molding; built 1916-18, A.H. Sonneman, architect; roof pavilions and lamp standards removed c.1963; renovated 1981. 2400 16th Street, NW, Washington , DC Historical

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