Decatur House
748 Jackson Pl., NW., Washington, District of Columbia
Photos
Historic American Buildings Survey John O. Brostrup, Photographer January 9, 1937 10:00 A. M. VIEW FROM NORTHEAST (front)
Photo taken for the Historic American Buildings Survey
Map
Coordinates:
+38.90002, -77.0381938°54'00" N, 77°02'17" W
Description
Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is s a set of circumstances impossible to equal elsewhere. However distinguished Decatur House may be historically, it is equally distinguished architecturally. Designed by Benjamin H. Latrobe, our first professional architect, it was built in 1810 on a site of great importance, a neighbor of the White House with ample fund s derived from Decatur's prize money.
-- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS DC-16)
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966
- Reference number
- 66000858
- Architectural style
- Federal
- Areas of significance
- Military; Politics/Government; Architecture
- Level of significance
- National
- Evaluation criteria
- C - Design/Construction; B - Person
- Property type
- Building
- Historic function
- Single dwelling
- Current function
- Museum
- Periods of significance
- 1875-1899; 1850-1874; 1800-1824; 1825-1849
- Significant years
- 1818; 1819
Update Log
- April 27, 2017: New Street View added by Michael Miller
- May 12, 2012: Imported photos from HABS/HAER