Welcome to the Archives of The Paul Rudolph Institute for Modern Architecture. The purpose of this online collection is to function as a tool for scholars, students, architects, preservationists, journalists and other interested parties. The archive consists of photographs, slides, articles and publications from Rudolph’s lifetime; physical drawings and models; personal photos and memorabilia; and contemporary photographs and articles.

Some of the materials are in the public domain, some are offered under Creative Commons, and some are owned by others, including the Paul Rudolph Estate. Please speak with a representative of The Paul Rudolph Institute for Modern Architecture before using any drawings or photos in the Archives. In all cases, the researcher shall determine how to appropriately publish or otherwise distribute the materials found in this collection, while maintaining appropriate protection of the applicable intellectual property rights.

In his will, Paul Rudolph gave his Architectural Archives (including drawings, plans, renderings, blueprints, models and other materials prepared in connection with his professional practice of architecture) to the Library of Congress Trust Fund following his death in 1997. A Stipulation of Settlement, signed on June 6, 2001 between the Paul Rudolph Estate and the Library of Congress Trust Fund, resulted in the transfer of those items to the Library of Congress among the Architectural Archives, that the Library of Congress determined suitable for its collections. The intellectual property rights of items transferred to the Library of Congress are in the public domain. The usage of the Paul M. Rudolph Archive at the Library of Congress and any intellectual property rights are governed by the Library of Congress Rights and Permissions.

However, the Library of Congress has not received the entirety of the Paul Rudolph architectural works, and therefore ownership and intellectual property rights of any materials that were not selected by the Library of Congress may not be in the public domain and may belong to the Paul Rudolph Estate.

LOCATION
Address: 800 Water Street Southwest (9th Street and Maine Avenue SW)
City: Washington DC
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Zip Code: 20024
Nation: United States

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Type: Commercial
Status: Project

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Date(s): 1961
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Architect: Paul Rudolph
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Holgate’s Restaurant

One of the biggest seafood restaurants on the southwest waterfront of Washington D.C. for most of the 20th century is Hogate’s, operated by twin brothers Watson Birdsalle Rulon (1904-1984) and Joseph Keen Rulon (1904-1999). The Rulons were born in Philadelphia. Their family doctor, John Hogate Whiticar (1887-1969), purchased a former iron foundry building at 9th Street and Maine Avenue SW in 1935 and leased the space out as a restaurant originally called Beck’s. In 1938 Whiticar convinced Watson Rulon to take over the restaurant, which Rulon renamed Hogate’s.
Hogate’s advertises that it is the second largest restaurant in the country, seating as many as 600 customers in the spacious former foundry building. The kitchen produces as many as 3,000 meals a day by the mid 1960s.
In 1971 the property is sold to the Marriott Corp. and a brand new building is constructed in 1972.
Holgate’s closes in 2001 after 63 years of business. The project remains unbuilt.