Securities and Exchange Commission 
                        Washington, D.C. 20549 
                              Form 8-K



            Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
                of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

   Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 10, 1998





          MARRIOTT DIVERSIFIED AMERICAN HOTELS, L.P. 
       Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

    Delaware                       0-24463                  52-1646207        
(State or other               (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S.Employer
jurisdiction of                                          Identification No.)  
incorporation or organization)                                                  

   10400 Fernwood Road, Bethesda, MD                          20817           
(Address of principal executive office)                    (Zip Code)
 

   Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 301-380-2070




















ITEM 5.   OTHER EVENTS

     Marriott  Diversified  American Hotels,  L.P. (the"Partnership") is one of
eight limited partnerships which is included in a proposed acquisition by merger
into  subsidiaries  of Host  Marriott,  L.P.,  as described  in the  preliminary
Prospectus/Consent  Solicitation  Statement  as filed  with the  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission  on Form S-4 (SEC File No.  333-55807)  on June 2, 1998, as
amended. On September 10, 1998, the General Partner sent to the Limited Partners
of the  Partnership a letter to inform them that  September 18, 1998 will be the
record date for voting in the forthcoming  consent  solicitation.  Those limited
partners whose  ownership is reflected on the records of the General  Partner as
of  September  18,  1998 will be  eligible  to vote on the merger  and  proposed
amendments to the partnership agreement of the Partnership. Such letter is being
filed as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

ITEM 7.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS

            (c)     Exhibits

            99.1  Letter  from the  General  Partner  to the  Limited  Partners
                  of the Partnership, dated September 10, 1998.





                                                          
                              SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.


                                      MARRIOTT DIVERSIFIED AMERICAN
                                      HOTELS, L.P.

                                      By:    MARRIOTT MDAH ONE CORPORATION
                                             General Partner



September 16, 1998                    By:    /s/ Earla L. Stowe               
                                             Name:    Earla L. Stowe
                                             Title:   Vice President and 
                                                      Chief Accounting Officer





                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.:                         Description:
99.1                                 Letter  from the  General  Partner  to the
                                     Limited  Partners  of the Partnership, 
                                     dated September 10, 1998