Apparently not as, by your words, "my brain must've still been fuzzy"

You can just admit you didn't read the article or not say anything if you are not going to take the 5 minutes to read it. It answers that by stating that it's an historical building that does not have ramp access. It continues to say that the owner of the building did not receive a request to provide a ramp in advance. It further goes into detail on the ADA and how a ramp was required regardless of a request as it was a public event.

You can thank the Reagan administration for that one. Google "Reagan VA cuts" and you will see hundreds of articles explaining how the precedent Reagan set affects the VA and its lack of accessibility today.