File:First floor, room 104, facing north - U.S. Soldiers Home, Corn Rigs, Rock Creek Church Road and Upshur Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC HABS DC,WASH,534D-23.tif

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First floor, room 104, facing north - U.S. Soldiers Home, Corn Rigs, Rock Creek Church Road and Upshur Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
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Lautman, Robert C.

Related names:

Riggs, George
Lincoln, Abraham
Anderson, Robert
Buchanan, James
Hayes, Rutherford B
Arthur, Chester
Brown, Angela, transmitter
National Trust for Historic Preservation, sponsor
Null, Drustilla, historian
Boucher, Jack, photographer
Title
First floor, room 104, facing north - U.S. Soldiers Home, Corn Rigs, Rock Creek Church Road and Upshur Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Depicted place District of Columbia; District of Columbia; Washington
Date 2001
Dimensions 4 x 5 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,534D-23
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Notes
  • Structure is associated with the Emancipation Proclamation.
  • See HABS No. DC-353 for list of related structures.
  • Significance: Soldiers Home established by Congress in 1851. Corn Rigs was the summer home of George Riggs who sold his farm to the Soldiers Home. House used as first dormitory and as summer retreat for Presidents Buchanan, Lincoln, Hayes, and Arthur. Lincoln finished the final draft of the Emancipation proclamation here. Lincoln also named the building Anderson Cottage in honor of Gen. Robert Anderson, commander of Fort Sumter.
  • Survey number: HABS DC-353-D
  • Building/structure dates: ca. 1843 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1897 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: after. 2001- before. 2003 Subsequent Work
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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 74002176.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/dc0445.photos.201482p
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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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