travel42 Hotel Review: The Hay-Adams

The Hay-Adams travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

This 1928 Romanesque-style hotel is a thorn in the side of the Secret Service, thanks to its location facing the White House from the far side of Lafayette Park. (From its rooftop terrace, you can peer right into West Wing windows.)

Built on the site of the former residence of John Hay, Abraham Lincoln's private secretary, and Henry Adams, son of U.S. President John Adams, this eight-story hostelry continues its pedigreed ways, maintaining a discreet gues...