An Introduction to Tudor Place

Gallery

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The south façade and south grounds of Tudor Place. Tudor Place was the Washington, D.C., home of Thomas and Martha Custis Peter. Martha Custis Peter was First Lady Martha Washington's granddaughter.
Photograph by Bruce M. White, 2015
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The temple-portico at Tudor Place is seen on the south façade of the building.
Photograph by Bruce M. White, 2015
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This photograph shows the north façade and carriage entrance to Tudor Place.
Photograph by Bruce M. White, 2015
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The box knot garden at Tudor Place with the north façade of the home in the background.
Photograph by Bruce M. White, 2015
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The front entrance to Tudor Place is on the north façade of the home.
Photograph by Bruce M. White, 2015
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Vestibule at Tudor Place.
Photograph by Bruce M. White, 2015
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Drawing Room at Tudor Place.
Photograph by Bruce M. White, 2015
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This photograph shows the triple windows in the saloon at Tudor Place.
Photograph by Bruce M. White, 2015
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This photograph shows the detail of a cornice at Tudor Place.
Photograph by Bruce M. White, 2015
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The sitting room, formerly the dining room, of Tudor Place.
Photograph by Bruce M. White, 2015
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The present dining room at Tudor Place. It is believed to have formerly been Thomas and Martha Peter's bedroom.
Photograph by Bruce M. White, 2015
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A place setting in the dining room at Tudor Place.
Photograph by Bruce M. White, 2015
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The kitchen at Tudor Place was renovated in 1914, adding the iron stove and running water, which made it one of the most modern kitchens in Washington, D.C.
Photograph by Bruce M. White, 2015
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The main staircase at Tudor Place.
Photograph by Bruce M. White, 2015
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The office at Tudor Place.
Photograph by Bruce M. White, 2015
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The children's bedroom at Tudor Place.
Photograph by Bruce M. White, 2015
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The southwest bedroom at Tudor Place.
Photograph by Bruce M. White, 2015
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The mantel in the bedroom located in the southwest side of Tudor Place.
Photograph by Bruce M. White, 2015
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The master bedroom at Tudor Place is located on the southeast side of the home.
Photograph by Bruce M. White, 2015

About this Gallery

Few houses in the United States have been lived in by the same family for so long. Few houses remain that illuminate the struggles of the new republic and the issues that shaped the country over the next two centuries. Few houses stand out so dramatically for their notable architecture, valuable collections, extensive archive, and historic landscape.

Tudor Place, on the heights of Georgetown in the District of Columbia, stands today much as it did in 1816. It is the only remaining early nineteenth-century estate, or “villa,” in the capital city with its landscape largely intact. That it has been so conscientiously preserved is due to the efforts of six generations of the Peter family who lived there.

Opened to the public in 1988, Tudor Place shares the past through its comprehensive historic and cultural resources and the stories of those who lived in and worked on the site from 1805 onward.

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