Octagon, The
Also known as: Colonel John Tayloe House1799 New York Ave., NW, Washington, District of Columbia
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Coordinates:
+38.89600, -77.0415738°53'46" N, 77°02'30" W
Quadrangle map:Washington West
Description
Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion for a year after the British burned the White House in 1814. Treaty of Ghent signed in circular room on second floor. Designed by Thornton, original designer of the U.S. Capitol.
-- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS DC-25)
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966
- Reference number
- 66000863
- Architectural style
- Victorian: Octagon Mode
- Areas of significance
- Military; Politics/Government; Architecture
- Level of significance
- National
- Evaluation criteria
- A - Event; C - Design/Construction; B - Person
- Property type
- Building
- Historic function
- Single dwelling
- Current function
- Museum
- Periods of significance
- 1800-1824; 1750-1799
- Significant years
- 1799; 1800; 1814