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Nov 07, 2010

Looking Back: National War College

Photo by ndupress. Many people can see this building from across the Anacostia: it’s a beautiful Beaux Arts style structure that seems so mysterious. The brick building has beautiful features: Ionic columns, Greek-style details, a statue of a bald eagle. I had the pleasure, as a part of my old job, to have access to Fort McNair (in the SW quadrant near the Waterfront), which is where this building resides. It’s Roosevelt Hall, home…

 
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