Southern Railway Building

	Southern Railway Building
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Southern Railway Building in 2016
Location	1500 K Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
Coordinates	38°54′08″N 77°02′06″W / 38.90222°N 77.03500°W
Area	32,673 sq ft (3,035.4 m2)
Built	1928
Architect	Waddy Butler Wood
Architectural style	Stripped Classicism
NRHP reference No.	16000194
Added to NRHP	April 26, 2016

The Southern Railway Building is a historic office building located in Washington, D.C. It was built in 1928–1929 by local architect Waddy Butler Wood as the executive headquarters for the Southern Railway. The eleven-story building was designed in the Stripped Classical style with early Art Deco elements, and was constructed with a frame of steel and concrete fronted with limestone and set on a granite base. The site functioned as the railway's headquarters until 1982, when the company merged with the Roanoke, Virginia-based Norfolk and Western Railway. The newly-formed Norfolk Southern Railway moved its headquarters to Norfolk, Virginia, and the Southern Railway Building became privately owned with multiple tenants. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.^[2]

Architecture

The Southern Railway Building was constructed with a frame of steel and concrete and faced with limestone, resting on a low granite foundation. The building was designed in a pared down version of Classical Revival, and is separated vertically into a column of three parts: a primary massing of eight stories consisting of a three-story base and five-story shaft, topped by a temple-like setback capital of three stories. The building stands 130 feet (40 m) tall, and its primary 13-bay façade stretches 217 feet (66 m) on 15th Street facing McPherson Square.^[2]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b Williams, Kim Prothro (November 2009). "Southern Railway Building Final Nomination" (PDF). U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved April 26, 2024.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhp-2] Williams, Kim Prothro (November 2009). "Southern Railway Building Final Nomination" (PDF). U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved April 26, 2024.

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