Mihran Mesrobian

Mihran Mesrobian
Born	1889 Turkey
Died	1975
Nationality	Armenian / American
Work
Buildings	Carlton Hotel (now St. Regis Hotel), 1926 Hay-Adams Hotel, 1927 Wardman Tower (now Wardman Park Marriott Hotel), 1928 Calvert Manor, 1948

Mihran Mesrobian (1889–1975) was a Turkish-born Armenian who immigrated to the United States and became a prominent architect in the Washington, D.C. area.

Career

Mesrobian immigrated to the United States in 1921 and became the primary in-house architect for legendary Washington developer Harry Wardman. After Wardman declared bankruptcy in 1930, Mesrobian established his own practice, which produced a variety of residential and commercial work over the ensuing quarter century.^[1]

Selected works

• Carlton Hotel (now St. Regis Hotel), Washington, D.C., 1926
• Hay-Adams Hotel, Washington, D.C., 1927
• Wardman Tower (now Wardman Park Marriott Hotel), 1928
• Dupont Circle Building, Washington, D.C., 1931
• Sedgwick Gardens, Washington, D.C., 1931
• Wakefield Manor, Arlington, Virginia, 1943
• Calvert Manor, Arlington, Virginia, 1948

References

1. ^ AIA Guide to the Architecture of Washington, D.C., G. Martin Moeller, Jr., The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006, p.154

Persondata
Name	Mesrobian, Mihran
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1889
Place of birth	Turkey
Date of death	1975
Place of death