Collection The Decatur House Slave Quarters
In 1821-1822, Susan Decatur requested the construction of a service wing. The first floor featured a large kitchen, dining room,...
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Ground floor plan of Saint John’s Church as Latrobe designed it, reconstructed from Latrobe’s surviving drawings.
In 1821-1822, Susan Decatur requested the construction of a service wing. The first floor featured a large kitchen, dining room,...
Over 200 years ago, James Hoban left Ireland for America to pursue his dream of becoming an architect. Selected by President...
Today, the celebration of Halloween conjures images of costumed trick-or-treaters, sweets, and jack-o'-lanterns; but there was a time when All...
Two grand houses were under construction in the young Federal City in 1816: one the President’s House, reconstructed after it wa...
In 1816, Commodore Stephen Decatur, Jr. and his wife Susan moved to the nascent capital city of Washington, D.C. With...
The White House observance of Christmas before the twentieth century was not an official event. First families decorated the house...
For more than a century, thousands of Americans have gathered in Lafayette Park across from the White House to exercise...
From the beginning of its construction in 1792, until the 1902 renovation that shaped the modern identity and functions of the interior...
In this special episode of The 1600 Sessions, financier and philanthropist David Rubenstein interviews White House Historical Association President Stewart McLaurin...
Since the James Madison presidency, St. John’s Church has been an important part of the life of Lafayette Square an...
James Hoban came from humble beginnings as a young carpenter and architect in Ireland, and went on to collaborate with...
Since the White House was first occupied by President John Adams in 1800, influential people and organizations—or those who hoped to...