Willoughby Edbrooke drew the Romanesque Revival design of the Old Post Office Building. The structure boosted of several innovative features when it opened in 1899, including a ten-story atrium, elevators and electric wiring. This Main Post Office from 1899 until 1914 was threatened with demolition in the early 1900s, in the 1920s and in 1971. The last time it was saved by Nancy Hanks while she headed the National Endowment for the Arts. Thereafter, it was called the Nancy Hanks Center. In 2016, the Old Post Office Pavilion reopened as the Trump International Hotel Washington, D. C.
