Construction for The Edmond J. Safra Family Lodge at NIH began in the spring of 2003. It was designed by Amy Weinstein, Weinstein Associates of Washington, DC, in conjunction with the architectural firm Louviere, Stratton and Yokel of Greenbelt, Maryland.
The Clinical Center initiated the pilot NIH Guest House, which opened in 1996 in the old Apartment House (Building 20). With the demolition in 1998 of Building 20 to make way for the new Clinical Research Center, the 6-unit Guest House moved to a nearby apartment building on Battery Lane in Bethesda and continues today in a combination of local hotel rooms and two apartments.
In the News
Clinical Center News
"A decade of dedication: supporters of Safra Family Lodge gather for anniversary" (December 2015)
Clinical Center News
"Edmond J. Safra Famlily Lodge opens" (July 2005)
Clinical Center News
"Finishing touches under way at Family Lodge" (February 2005)
NIH Record
"Kin to the Inn: Safra Lodge To Open Soon" (February 2005)
Clinical Center News
"Plans move ahead for Family Lodge" (April 2000)
NIH Record
"NIH Family Lodge to be Built Near Lasker Center on Campus" (March 2000)
Construction
![Views from the Lodge’s second-floor guest rooms](/sites/nihinternet/files/internet-files/familylodge/images/construction042704-3.jpg)
East Side Facing Clinical Center
![Views from the Lodge’s second-floor guest rooms](/sites/nihinternet/files/internet-files/familylodge/images/construction042704-2.jpg)
Northwest side of the Lodge
![Views from the Lodge's second-floor guest rooms](/sites/nihinternet/files/internet-files/familylodge/images/construction042704-1.jpg)
Inside the Lodge
![Views from the Lodge’s second-floor guest rooms](/sites/nihinternet/files/internet-files/familylodge/images/construction120103-4.jpg)
Views from the Lodge's second-floor guest rooms
![View of the Lodge from Center Drive and Old Georgetown Rd.](/sites/nihinternet/files/internet-files/familylodge/images/construction120103-3.jpg)
View of the Lodge from Center Drive and Old Georgetown Road
![View of the Lodge from Center Drive](/sites/nihinternet/files/internet-files/familylodge/images/construction120103-2.jpg)
View of the Lodge from Center Drive
![View of Clinical Center Campus across the street from the Lodge](/sites/nihinternet/files/internet-files/familylodge/images/construction120103-1.jpg)
View of Clinical Center Campus "across the street" from the Lodge
![Second-floor walls going up](/sites/nihinternet/files/internet-files/familylodge/images/construction102103.jpg)
Second-floor walls going up
![First-floor walls going up](/sites/nihinternet/files/internet-files/familylodge/images/construction100703.jpg)
First-floor walls going up
![Interior Basement Walls](/sites/nihinternet/files/internet-files/familylodge/images/construction071503.jpg)
Interior basement walls
![Basement Walls going up](/sites/nihinternet/files/internet-files/familylodge/images/construction061703.jpg)
Basement walls going up
![Beginning of foundation](/sites/nihinternet/files/internet-files/familylodge/images/construction060603.jpg)
Beginning of foundation