Since closing for a major renovation in March 2007, the venerable Jefferson Hotel has undergone a multimillion dollar transformation to high-tech, luxury boutique hotel and is slated to reopen this summer with reconfigured meeting and dining space. Owned and operated by Ogden CAP Properties and located four blocks from the White House, the site was originally opened as a 10-story Beaux Arts residential building in 1923 and converted to an upscale hotel in 1955.
The refitted Jefferson has 99 guest rooms and suites, including presidential, bridal, and spa suites. The traditional front desk check-in will be replaced by a personal butler who will meet arriving guests and handle registration at a residential-style desk with upholstered chairs. Upon completion, the Spa at the Jefferson will offer treatments based on herbs and botanicals grown on the farms of its namesake, Thomas Jefferson.
The venue has 2,507 square feet of meeting space, including three small meeting rooms, a board room which can accommodate 18, a private 18-seat dining room, and the largest space, the Pavilion Room, which can host as many as 100 for a reception.
Plume restaurant, located in the central lobby and topped by an original glass vaulted ceiling uncovered in the restoration, is under the direction of executive chef Damon Gordon, who formerly held the same position at the Ivy Hotel in San Diego and New York’s Hotel Gansevoort.
