Martha Washington Hotel ARCHITECT: Robert W. Gibson DATE: 1901-03 STYLE: Renaissance Revival

Martha Washington Hotel was developed by the Women’s Hotel Company for the purpose of providing comfortable, independent living arrangements for middle-class working women. This company was formed by a group of people active in the Charity Organization Society to fill an unmet need for housing for working women.

This building displays the popular Renaissance Revival style using classical elements such as rustication, columns, strong cornices with dentils and modillions, Palladian windows and quoins, to give a sense of dignity to this important structure. The hotel continued to provide women-only facilities until 1998, when it was converted to a co-ed hotel.