Glen Echo Park - The Spanish Ballroom

1933 Architect's drawing of the ballroom (re-colored from archive photo of original in
Glen Echo town hall)).

The building is one of the principle active resources of Glen Echo Park which is owned and managed by the National Park Service.

This page provides a repository of information about the building which is of great current utility as well as being of architectural, historic, and sentimental interest.

Items included are:

Summary of its history
A page of contemporary pictures by Washington photographer Sally Ehrlich Hoffmann

A page of contemporary pictures by Glen Echo Park PhotoWorks photographer Tom Wolff

This building is fascinating. It is a magnet for thousands from the surrounding districts and from across the country for the dances that take place there every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, while it also represents a slice of local history and nostalgia.

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