Second Floor Parlor Doors in Decatur House

This photograph of Decatur House's second floor parlor doors was taken by Bruce White for the White House Historical Association on January 12, 2012. Decatur House was designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, the architect of the Capitol and several other famous buildings, for Commodore Stephen Decatur and his wife, Susan. Tragically, in 1820 Stephen Decatur was mortally wounded during a duel, and his widow Susan Decatur subsequently rented out the house to foreign ministers and several secretaries of state.