The oldest continuously operating hotel in the city, the Harrington remains a family business, in the hands of third-, fourth-, and fifth-generation descendants of the founders. Ann Terry, Managing Director since 1986, looks forward to taking the Hotel Harrington into its second 100-year run as "Washington DC's Tourist Hotel."

Designed by the architectural firm Rich & FitzSimons, the six-story hotel boasted a dining room and two-story lobby with a mezzanine, all finished in marble. Upstairs, mahogany-trimmed hallways led to 80 rooms, all with running water and most with private baths.