Lisner Auditorium is an auditorium located on the campus of The George Washington University, at 730 21st Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C.. It is named for Abram Lisner, a trustee of the University who donated the money for its construction. The German-born Lisner had owned Washington's Palais Royale department store. It was designed by Faulkner and Kingsbury and built by Charles H.