The Hay-Adams Hotel named for John Hay and Henry Adams

The Hay-Adams hotel was named for two 19th-century Washington figures, John Hay (Secretary of State and private secretary to Abraham Lincoln) and Henry Adams (historian and member of the Adams political family), both of whom lived on the site or nearby in the 19th century. The hotel, located across Lafayette Square from the White House, commemorates those historical associations in its name and history. Its proximity to the White House and documented naming link it to those historical figures.