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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Letter written by Robert Beale on behalf of Charlotte Dupuy petitioning the Judges to summon Henry Clay to court.
In 1821-1822, Susan Decatur requested the construction of a service wing. The first floor featured a large kitchen, dining room,...
For two hundred years, Decatur House has stood as a near neighbor to the White House across Lafayette Square. Stewart...
In 1816, Commodore Stephen Decatur, Jr. and his wife Susan moved to the nascent capital city of Washington, D.C. With...
First Lady Lou Hoover's invitation to Jessie L. DePriest to a White House tea party in 1929 created a storm of...
Since the White House was first occupied by President John Adams in 1800, influential people and organizations—or those who hoped to...
Foreword: “A Beautiful Spot, Capable of Every Improvement” by Marcia Mallet AndersonFifty Years Devoted to the White House Garden and Grou...
Elaine Rice Bachmann
Decatur House 8:00-8:45am Light Breakfast 8:45-9:00am Transition to the Carriage House 9:00-9:15am Welcome Stewart McLaurin, President, The...
As a public and digital historian, my work explores how and why groups and individuals reimagine the spaces around them...
White House Visitor Center Flagship Store 1450 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, D.C. 20006. (Adjacent to the White House between 14th and 15...
Construction on the President’s House began in 1792. The decision to place the capital on land ceded by two slave st...
Construction on the President's House began in 1792 in Washington, D.C., a new capital situated in sparsely settled region far...