Manhattan Laundry
title: "Manhattan Laundry" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1877-establishments-in-washington,-d.c.", "art-deco-architecture-in-washington,-d.c.", "industrial-buildings-and-structures-on-the-national-register-of-historic-places-in-washington,-d.c.", "industrial-buildings-completed-in-1877", "industrial-buildings-completed-in-1911", "industrial-buildings-completed-in-1936", "former-laundry-buildings", "individually-listed-contributing-properties-to-historic-districts-on-the-national-register-in-washington,-d.c."] topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Laundry" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Manhattan Laundry |
| nrhp_type | cp |
| nocat | yes |
| partof | Greater U Street Historic District |
| partof_refnum | 93001129 |
| image | Manhattan Laundry, DC.jpg |
| location | 1326-1346 Florida Ave., NW |
| Washington, D.C. | |
| coordinates | |
| locmapin | United States Washington, D.C. |
| built | 1877 |
| architecture | Art Deco |
| added | November 21, 1994 |
| refnum | 94001327 |
| :: |
| name = Manhattan Laundry | nrhp_type = cp | nocat = yes | partof = Greater U Street Historic District | partof_refnum = 93001129 | image = Manhattan Laundry, DC.jpg | caption = | location = 1326-1346 Florida Ave., NW Washington, D.C. | coordinates = | locmapin = United States Washington, D.C. | area = | built = 1877 | architect = | architecture = Art Deco | designated_nrhp_type = | added = November 21, 1994 | mpsub = | refnum = 94001327 Manhattan Laundry is a complex of historic buildings located in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
History
The complex originally housed the traction facility for a streetcar company. The oldest building on the site, the west building at 1346 Florida Ave, was built in 1877. The complex became a printing plant in 1892 and it was converted into a laundry in 1905. It is part of the expansion of Washington's urban core and industrial development along Florida Avenue. In 1999, the building was home to the Artomatic art installation, bringing together artists to temporarily transform unused spaces into a gallery for visual and performative arts.
References
References
- (November 1998). ["National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Greater U Street Historic District"]({{NRHP url).
- {{NRISref. 2009a
- (1994). ["National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (#94001327)"]({{NRHP url). National Register of Historic Places.
- "District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites". DC Preservation.
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