Washington, D.C., District of Columbia
Riggs Washington DC
Lore Group's first US property, inside the historic 1891 Riggs National Bank headquarters
Open · February 2020
Riggs Washington DC opened in February 2020 inside the 1891 Riggs National Bank headquarters in Penn Quarter, giving Lore Group its first US property and Marriott its Autograph Collection debut in a landmark bank building. The 181-room hotel keeps the address's Richardsonian Romanesque shell (including the original vault, now a subterranean cocktail bar) while running a European-inflected restaurant and bar program under a luxury-lifestyle brief.
The essentials
- Group
- Marriott · Autograph Collection (Lore Group)
- Opening
- February 2020
- Rooms & suites
- 181 rooms
- Segment
- Luxury/Lifestyle
- Designer
- NC
- Entry rate
- From $300
The place
The hotel occupies 900 F Street NW in Penn Quarter, in the heart of downtown Washington, a few blocks from the White House, the National Portrait Gallery and Capital One Arena, with Gallery Place-Chinatown and Metro Center metro stations both about a tenth of a mile away. The location sits within easy reach of the National Mall and the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, putting the hotel roughly equidistant between the city's federal core and its downtown commercial and entertainment district: a position suited to both government-adjacent business travel and leisure stays anchored around the Mall's museums.
The concept
The building was completed in 1891 as headquarters for Riggs National Bank, designed by architects James G. Hill and Arthur Heaton in the Richardsonian Romanesque style and counted among the last surviving examples of that architecture in Washington. Known in its day as the "Bank of Presidents," Riggs National Bank handled the personal finances of twenty-three US presidents, from Martin Van Buren to Richard Nixon, and the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. It operated as a Courtyard by Marriott convention-center hotel from 1999 until closing in 2018 for a full renovation that returned it as Riggs Washington DC in February 2020.
Riggs is Lore Group's first US hotel, joining the Pulitzer Amsterdam and Sea Containers London in the company's small portfolio of independently minded, design-led properties, while carrying Marriott's Autograph Collection affiliation for distribution and loyalty. The 181 rooms and suites span roughly 121,000 square feet, including eight ADA-accessible rooms, positioned at the luxury-lifestyle end of the market. The design keeps the bank's original bones legible (vaulted ceilings, stone arches and the underground vault chamber among them) rather than erasing the building's institutional history, and the hotel has since been recognized with AAA Four Diamond status and Travel + Leisure's top ranking among DC hotels.
Dining & wellness
Café Riggs, the ground-floor restaurant, draws on the grand European brasserie tradition for an all-day menu across its bar, café and dining room, with a notably expansive plant-based selection alongside its classic dishes. Silver Lyan, the hotel's subterranean bar, occupies the bank's original vault and comes from bartender Ryan "Mr Lyan" Chetiyawardana, known internationally for World's 50 Best Bars-listed projects; it has drawn its own awards recognition for cocktail programming. A rooftop event space rounds out the offer with city views, used primarily for private functions rather than daily food and beverage service.
Are you the manager of this hotel? Click here to get in touch.
Other hotels in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia
The Potomac Hotel, Autograph Collection
A Southwest Waterfront address goes from Mandarin Oriental to Salamander to Marriott in two decades, keeping its chef and its spa each time.
From $210
Open · August 2026
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia
citizenM Washington D.C. Georgetown
citizenM Georgetown, 230 rooms at 3401 K Street NW, is the brand's third Washington hotel and the first to open under Marriott Bonvoy.
From $100
Open · June 2026
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia
Tempo by Hilton Washington DC Downtown
Converted from a former K Street office building
From $150
Open · April 2026
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia
ROOST White House
An apartment-hotel brand born in Philadelphia lands its first Washington outpost inside a brand-new mixed-use tower near the White House.
From $190
Open · September 2025
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia
SIXTY DC
A Bauhaus office block off Dupont Circle becomes SIXTY Hotels' first Washington outpost, and its third property overall.
From $150
Open · May 2025
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia
Canal House of Georgetown
Adaptive reuse combining an office building with two historic Georgetown townhomes
From $240
Open · March 2025
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia
Arlo Washington DC
Arlo's first DC hotel, incorporating the historic 1888 Harrison Apartments with a new addition
From $140
Open · December 2024
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia
One Washington Circle Hotel, Tapestry Collection by Hilton
Converted from former GWU student housing into AKA's third DC-area hotel
From $170
Open · May 2024
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia
Hotel Nell - Union Market
A 1930s seed company warehouse in Union Market has become a 106-room boutique hotel named for the woman who ran the business for decades.
From $90
Open · May 2024
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia
The Morrow Hotel, Curio Collection by Hilton
A 12-story newcomer built on a century-old electrical works, anchoring NoMa's push to become a genuine hotel destination rather than a stopover near Union Station.
From $190
Open · December 2022
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia
Pendry Washington DC, The Wharf
Pendry's first hotel in the nation's capital, on The Wharf waterfront
From $495
Open · October 2022
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia
citizenM Washington DC NoMa
citizenM's second DC property, a 10-story new build near Union Station
Open · Fall 2022
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia
Waldorf Astoria Washington DC
A landmark 19th-century post office, a scrapped Trump-branded chapter, and now a Waldorf Astoria opening on Pennsylvania Avenue.
From $420
Open · June 2022
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia
The Ven at Embassy Row, Washington, D.C., a Tribute Portfolio Hotel
A 1970s Dupont Circle fixture drops its independent badge for Marriott's design-driven Tribute Portfolio.
From $120
Open · March 2021
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia
citizenM Washington DC Capitol Hill
Ground-up 12-story new build near the Capitol
Open · October 2020
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia
Thompson Washington D.C.
An 11-story glass tower on the Anacostia, built to give Hyatt's lifestyle brand its first waterfront address in the capital.
From $170
Open · January 2020
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia
Moxy Washington, DC Downtown
Marriott's first Moxy in the capital, a 14-story K Street build that absorbs an 1870 building and has a retractable-roof rooftop bar.
From $110
Open · November 2018
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia
Eaton DC
A downtown Four Points by Sheraton reborn as an activism-minded independent, with a co-working floor and a cinema in place of a conference room.
From $130
Open · September 2018
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia
The Line DC
A 1912 Christian Science church turned hotel lobby, its stained glass and organ pipes repurposed rather than removed.
From $150
Open · November 2017