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Swartzell, Rheem and Hensey Company Building

Coordinates: 38°53′58.6″N 77°2′0″W / 38.899611°N 77.03333°W / 38.899611; -77.03333
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The Swartzell, Rheem and Hensey Company Building is a neo-classical building on 727 15th Street NW, Washington DC. It was designed by architect Paul J. Pelz in 1907 for a local brokerage firm, which neighbored other brokers in this section of 15th Street neighboring the US Treasury.

In 1948 the building was converted into a movie theater and renamed Playhouse Theater.[1] The theater closed in the early 1980s and an apartment block was built above what had until then been a low-rise building.

References

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  1. ^ "Playhouse Theater", Cinema Pleasures

38°53′58.6″N 77°2′0″W / 38.899611°N 77.03333°W / 38.899611; -77.03333