File:THIRD FLOOR, NORTHWEST OFFICE, 307, WEST WALL, WITH SCALE. - Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC HABS DC,WASH,8-176.tif

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THIRD FLOOR, NORTHWEST OFFICE, 307, WEST WALL, WITH SCALE. - 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
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THIRD FLOOR, NORTHWEST OFFICE, 307, WEST WALL, WITH SCALE. - 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,8-176
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  • 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
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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 66000863.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/dc0195.photos.304947p
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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.
Camera 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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