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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1916
Page
17
Capital's Hotel-Apartments attract residents and visitors with luxury suites, in-building cafes, ballrooms, roof gardens, and billiard rooms. Located on elevated ground, they offer cool comfort year round with views over the city and surrounding countryside. A servant staff attends to residents while access to theaters and downtown business areas remains convenient.
The Oakland apartment at 2006 Columbia Road stands on Columbia Hill Crest opposite the McClellan statue and Lothrop mansion. Five stories high with 25 suites, it offers five room to seven room flats, marble corridors, and semistreprooffireproof features. Owner Oscar W. Whits of the Real Estate Trust Building provides information and literature.
The Netherlands Apartment Hotel sits on a crest in Washington Heights, 225 feet above the Potomac. It offers 30 housekeeping suites from three to six rooms with modern amenities, tiled kitchens, and a roof garden. Rates run from 35 to 49 dollars monthly, with furnished suites and an on-site cafe. Miss Nellie EB Sweet is proprietor.
The Cairo on Q Street near Sixteenth Street in Washington is a landmark hotel apartment favored by transients and long-term residents. It features a large cafe, ballroom, four high speed elevators, roof garden, and furnishings. Rates range from 15 dollars per month for a one room unfurnished apartment to 350 dollars for transient rooms, with various European and American plans and furnished options. Manager R. H. Muir oversees operations.
The Brighton on 2128 California avenue offers long and short stay options in a seven story apartment hotel with roof boardwalks and a rain sun protected bed. It is 180 feet above the Potomac with views of the city and Rock Creek Park. Rates are listed for one to three rooms and baths, monthly, weekly, and daily.
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