Norton to Celebrate 100th Anniversary of D.C.’s Oldest Hotel, Today
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak and cut the cake at the 100th anniversary celebration for the Hotel Harrington, the oldest continuously operating hotel in the District, today at 5:00 p.m., at 432 11th St. NW.
“In a town that reveres its iconic history, it is an honor to cut the cake for the historic hotel, which kicked off one hundred years ago and has thrived throughout D.C.’s continually changing history. Hotel Harrington reminds us that a historic city is never a city of official movements alone. What makes a city a real city are its people and its commerce. Businesses and hotels have come and gone, but the Harrington built a reputation that ensured the hotel would endure. Hotel Harrington is a prideful example of our hospitality sector, D.C.’s primary private sector industry and a major economic driver of this tourist town.”
The hotel, which has been family owned and operated since it opened, was the home of the city’s first television station, WTTG, among other early radio and TV stations and shows.
Published: March 6, 2014