Civic Contributions and Family

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According to Hoban family lore, James Hoban Jr. (1808-46), was the "spitting image" of his father. He was the district attorney of the District of Columbia at the time of his death.
Lithograph after an 1844 daguerreotype. Architect of the Capitol
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Marian Blackwell French Hoban, wife of James Hoban Jr., by painter Thomas Sully, 1844.
South Carolina Historical Society
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A page from the church's registry documents the marriage of James Hoban to Susana Sewall on January 12, 1799.
Holy Trinity Church Archives
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The Hoban residence, razed in 1880, was located east of Rhodes Tavern on the north side of F Street between 14th and 15th Streets. This artist's 1874 watercolor depicts the rear of the house on a cold wintry day.
Library of Congress
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At the center of Hoban’s neighborhood was Rhodes Tavern, demolished by a developer in 1984, that stood at 15th and F Streets and was the scene of the meetings Hoban attended relating to militia, political, civic, and charitable organizations. Baroness Hyde de Neuville, 1820.
New York Public Library
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Obituary notice of James Hoban, National Intelligencer (Washington, D.C.), December 9, 1831.
Richard Napoli
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Initially buried at Saint Patrick's, Hoban’s remains, with those of other family members, were reinterred in 1863 at the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
White House Historical Association