Heurich House

We like to call this place ‘the castle that beer built.’ Heurich House is immediately recognizable, a medieval manor in the midst of modern America. While there are a lot of baroque and Renaissance swishes, this was also the first District building to appreciably rely on reinforced concrete. The 31-room mansion was designed by John Granville Myers for German-born brewer Christian Heurich, a man who loved beer with a passion we can appreciate. One quote along the walls states: ‘ Raum ist in der kleinsten Kammer fur den grossten Katzenjammer ’ (‘There is room in the smallest chamber for the biggest hangover’), a sentiment you may blearily agree with after a night out in Dupont.