Wormley's Hotel was a five-story hotel at 1500 H Street, NW,

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It was opened in 1871. The hotel was owned by

James Wormley James Wormley (January 16, 1819 – October 18, 1884) was the owner and operator of the Wormley Hotel, which opened in Washington D.C. in 1869 which was preceded by his boarding houses on I St. beginning in 1855. He was reported in 1865 to have be ...

, a free-born black man who had spent time in Europe learning fine culinary skills. The hotel became a hub for both local and foreign government officials. The hotel was the site of the Wormley Agreement, which led to the Compromise of 1877 and the election of President

Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford Birchard Hayes (; October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 19th president of the United States from 1877 to 1881, after serving in the U.S. House of Representatives and as governo ...

. James Wormley died in 1884 and his son took over the business until he sold it in 1893. The hotel was later demolished and the Union Trust Company built on its site in 1906.

References

External links

Streets of Washington: The talented Mr. James Wormley

Sources

Sandra Fitzpatrick and Maria R. Goodwin, The Guide to Black Washington, rev. ed. (New York: Hippocrene Books, 1999), 193-194. {{coord, 38.900, -77.034, type:landmark_globe:earth_region:US-DC, display=title Demolished buildings and structures in Washington, D.C. Demolished hotels in the United States Hotels in Washington, D.C.