Courtyard Washington, DC Dupont Circle Hotel

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Courtyard Washington, DC Dupont Circle

The Courtyard Washington, DC Dupont Circle is a 143-room [1] [2] hotel, located at 1733 N Street Northwest, between Dupont Circle and Scott Circle in Washington, D.C. [3]

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History

Constructed as an apartment building in 1964, [4] the structure was converted to a hotel in 1979, opening as the Canterbury Hotel. [5] It was purchased in March 2001 for $10.5 million by LaSalle Hotel Properties of Bethesda, Maryland. It reopened in October 2001 as the 99-room Kimpton Topaz Hotel, the first Kimpton-managed boutique hotel on the East Coast. [6] [7] The Kimpton Topaz Hotel closed on November 25, 2019, after being acquired by Douglas Development for $33.1 million. [8] It reopened in November 2021 as the 143-room Courtyard Washington, DC Dupont Circle . [9]

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Coordinates: 38°54′26″N77°02′23″W / 38.9072°N 77.0396°W / 38.9072; -77.0396