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Whoa! Check Out This Colorized Photo of a Horseless Carriage in 1906

Whoa! Check out this amazing colorized photo of a "horseless carriage" in 1906, featuring Senator George P. Wetmore of Rhode Island. Can you identify the building in the background?
Looking eastward along the I-495 Capital Beltway in Virginia, east of Springfield, toward the Beltway bridge over the Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac (RF&P) Railroad (today's CSX Railroad) in the distance. The highway was nearing completion but not yet open to traffic at this time. Notice that the roadway has three lanes, and that the roadway is paved with reinforced Portland cement concrete. When originally built, the Beltway in Virginia had six lanes (three each way) between I-95 at Springfield and across the Woodrow Wilson Bridge and all the way through Maryland. This photo was taken in 1963 by the Virginia Department of Highways.
U.S. Senate subway circa 1915 (Shorpy)
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Whoa, how cool is this old colorized photo. You’re looking at a “horseless carriage” back in 1906. The passenger is Senator George P. Wetmore of Rhode Island. Can anyone identify the building in the background?

Washington, D.C., circa 1906. "Senator George P. Wetmore, Rhode Island."
Washington, D.C., circa 1906. “Senator George P. Wetmore, Rhode Island.”

Source: Shorpy

Here is the original source image in black and white.

Black and white photo
Black and white photo
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