It is located at 1776 D Street NW, sharing a city block with the DAR's later-built Administration Building, and Constitution Hall.

[2] Memorial Continental Hall occupies the eastern third of the city block bounded by C and D, 17th and 18th Streets NW, on the west side of the Ellipse near the White House.

It is a two-story masonry structure, built out of brick and concrete whose exterior is clad in Vermont marble with Georgian revival features.

The principal entrance, facing east toward 17th Street and the Ellipse, is extended to function as a porte cochere, with a drive passing under it.

[4] The final act of the 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession, initiated by Alice Paul, was a meeting at the Memorial Continental Hall.