"The Whitelaw Apartment." The Washington Bee. July 19, 1919.

EHT Traceries prepared a graphic history of the Whitelaw Hotel for permanent display in the restored historic lobby of the building.

The firm was responsible for the concept development of the exhibition, acquisition of negatives and illustrations, the preparation of text to accompany the graphic documentation and coordination with the graphic artist firm responsible for the exhibition design.

The exhibition documents the Whitelaw from its significant history, as the District of Columbia's premier African-American hotel and apartment building in the 1920s, through its renovation by MANNA, Inc. in 1993.

Highlighted is the importance of this fine Beaux-Arts style building, located near Washington's Great Black Way, that was designed, financed and built entirely by African-Americans.

John Whitelaw Lewis, the man behind the Whitelaw, developed the project at a time of intense racial segregation. He helped fill the need for elegant hotel and permanent housing accommodations for African-Americans.

The exhibition also documents the rehabilitation effort resulting in 35-units of affordable housing in one-, two-, and three-bedroom units, and the extensive and painstaking restoration of the hotel's lobby and ballroom.

Photographs included in the exhibition document the replication of intricate plaster details and the ballroom stained glass.