The Barr Building is an historic structure located in the Golden Triangle section of

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Washington, D.C. It was listed on the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites in 2012 and on the

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in 2013. The building was designed by Washington architect B. Stanley Simmons in the

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style and named for its developer, John L. Barr. When completed in 1927, the building was noted for having the fastest elevators in the city. The eleven-story structure rises to a height of .

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Office buildings completed in 1927 Office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. Gothic Revival architecture in Washington, D.C. {{WashingtonDC-NRHP-stub