Daughters of The American Revolution Headquarters in Wsahington DC
Constitution Hall was designed by prominent architect, John Russell Pope, and is a monumental Neoclassical design constructed of Alabama limestone. The building houses the largest auditorium in the District and was finished in 1929. It was built by the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), to accommodate their annual Continental Congress and other activities but also served as an unofficial cultural center for more than forty years. The building was center of a Civil Rights crisis when use of the hall was denied to African American singer Marion Anderson in 1939.
Daughters of The American Revolution Headquarters in Wsahington DC
Constitution Hall was designed by prominent architect, John Russell Pope, and is a monumental Neoclassical design constructed of Alabama limestone. The building houses the largest auditorium in the District and was finished in 1929. It was built by the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), to accommodate their annual Continental Congress and other activities but also served as an unofficial cultural center for more than forty years. The building was center of a Civil Rights crisis when use of the hall was denied to African American singer Marion Anderson in 1939.