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The Buchanan side of his family arrived in the United States from Scotland. His paternal grandfather was a general with the Maryland Militia during the Revolutionary War while his maternal grandfather Thomas McKean was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Captain Franklin Buchanan, USN (circa 1855–1861)
The Metropolitan Hotel at Pennsylvania Avenue and Sixth Street NW in Washington, D.C. was a major hotel of the capital city of the United States from 1863 to 1933. Built in 1850 by the heirs of Jesse Brown, [ 1 ] the Metropolitan was "brick with marble veneer, originally five stories, approx[imately] twenty bays."
Franklin Guest Smith (1840–1912), U.S. Army brigadier general, resident of Washington, D.C. during retirement [27] Oliver Lyman Spaulding (1875–1947), U.S. Army brigadier general, 1891 graduate of Central High School, [28] lived in Washington during retirement [29]
The National Hotel was a hotel in Washington, D.C. It was located on the northeastern corner of the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and 6th Street NW. John Gadsby had it built in 1826. The hotel was sold to the city in 1929, and it was demolished in 1942. [1] In 1857, there was an outbreak of a mysterious illness at the hotel. [2]
The historic cottage, built in the Gothic revival style, was constructed from 1842 to 1843 as the home of George Washington Riggs, who went on to establish the Riggs National Bank in Washington, D.C. Lincoln lived in the cottage June to November 1862 through 1864 and during the first summer living there, Lincoln drafted the preliminary draft of the Emancipation Proclamation.
The Willard InterContinental Washington, commonly known as the Willard Hotel, is a historic luxury Beaux-Arts [3] hotel located at 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Downtown Washington, D.C. It is currently a member of Historic Hotels of America , the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation . [ 4 ]
The hotel was sold by Tishman Realty & Construction Company to Manger Hotels in March 1950 and became the Manger Hamilton Hotel. With demand for hotel rooms in downtown Washington enormously decreased after the 1968 Washington, D.C. riots , Manger Hotels sold the hotel to the Hamilton Leasing Corporation in 1969, for $1,072,906.
Omni Shoreham Hotel. The Omni Shoreham Hotel is a historic resort and convention hotel in Northwest Washington, D.C., built in 1930 and owned by Omni Hotels. It is located one block west of the intersection of Connecticut Avenue and Calvert Street. The hotel is known for having been a regular venue for Mark Russell and the Capitol Steps.