12/12/2023

The Nation's Capital's Longest-operating Hotel to Close its Doors

The Harrington is closing on Dec. 12, 2023

The air conditioning system is out of date, the bathrooms are cramped, and the occasional creepy-crawly has been known to drop by unannounced.

No one has stayed at the Hotel Harrington in downtown Washington because it is luxurious, elegant, or, for that matter, especially nice.

Mostly it’s the Harrington’s bargain rates and stellar location — a few blocks from the White House and National Mall — that has drawn tourists from across the United States and Europe for more than a century.

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