Decatur House today, located on Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C.
Decatur House today, located on Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C.
Decatur House today, located on Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C.
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Podcast Decatur House, the President’s Neighbor
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Collection The Decatur House Slave Quarters
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Collection The Historic Stephen Decatur House
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Collection The President's Neighborhood
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About Our Authors
AuthorsJAMES ARCHER ABBOTT is a graduate of Vassar College (B.A.) and the State University of New York’s Museum St...
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Book Awards
2022 2022 American Best Book Award Designing Camelot: The Kennedy White House Restoration and Its Legacy, Finalist, Best Cover Design: Nonfiction How...
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Recent Book Releases
Official Residences Around the World by Abby Clouse-Radigan This survey of the official residences and offices of some fifty nations...
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African Americans in Lafayette Square, 1795-1965
The phrase "The Half Had Not Been Told Me" is taken from a Biblical reference Frederick Douglass used to describe...
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The United Kingdom and Ireland in the White House: A Conversation on Historical Perspectives
May 3, 2018 8:00 am - 9:00 am Registration and light breakfast in Decatur House Parlors9:00 am - 9:20 am Welcome and OverviewThe Hon. Frederick...
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Press & Media
2021Washington Post, "How Stewart McLaurin of the White House Historical Association would spend a perfect day in D.C."
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Rights and Reproductions Guidelines
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