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BASEMENT, ROOM 005, VIEW TO THE SOUTHEAST, WITH MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT IN PLACE. - Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Photographer

Boucher, Jack E.

Related names:

Thornton, William
Washington, George
Madison, James
Tayloe, John
American Institute of Architects (AIA)
Fauber, J E
American Architectural Foundation
Lindstrom, F J, transmitter
Kent State University, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, sponsor
Murphy, Elizabeth Corbin, faculty sponsor
Hammond, Jennifer, field team
Schoening, Matthew, field team
Spring, Kevin, field team
Steiner, Emily, field team
Swarner, Stephanie, field team
Yarger, Rachel, field team
American Architectural Foundation, sponsor
Brostrup, John O, photographer
Title
BASEMENT, ROOM 005, VIEW TO THE SOUTHEAST, WITH MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT IN PLACE. - Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Depicted place District of Columbia; District of Columbia; Washington
Date 1993
date QS:P571,+1993-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions 5 x 7 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HABS DC,WASH,8-58
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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Notes
  • Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent.
  • 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place
  • Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion for a year after the British burned the White House in 1814. Treaty of Ghent signed in circular room on second floor. Designed by Thornton, original designer of the U.S. Capitol.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N989
  • Survey number: HABS DC-25
  • Building/structure dates: 1798-1800 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: ca. 1825 Subsequent Work
References

This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 66000863.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/dc0195.photos.030802p
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
Object location38° 53′ 42″ N, 77° 02′ 12.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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