Woodrow Wilson House

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The Woodraw Wilson House was the Home of Thomas Woodrow Wilson 28th president of the United States from the end of his second term of office on March 4, 1921 until his death on February 3, 1924. Designed by Washington Architect Waddy Butler Wood in 1915 and built in 1915-16 for Businessman Henry Parker Fairbanks. This townhouse is a distinguished example of the adamesque mode of the Georgian revival style especially popular at that time in the Kalorama Neighborhood of Washington. it appealed to Mrs. Wilson, who was seeking a house to which the President could retire after his second term, as "an unpretentious, comfortable, dignified house fitted to the needs of a gentleman.'" She told her husband about her find but was completely surprised when on their fifth wedding anniversary on December 18, 1920, he took her to the house and following a Scottish custom presented her with a piece of sod from the garden and a key to the front door... -- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS DC-133)

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20th Century (29,077) Brick (42,460) Built 1921 (533) Built during 1920s (8,131) Colonial Revival (5,187) District of Columbia (547) Have Street View (43,425) Historic American Buildings Survey (1,238)

House (27,149) Late 19th and 20th Century Revival (16,280) National Historic Landmark (2,195) Private owner (54,396) Stone (26,162) Waddy B. Wood (6) Washington, District of Columbia (547) Woodrow Wilson (5)

Update Log 

• January 10, 2018: New Street View added by Michael Miller
• May 12, 2012: Imported photos from HABS/HAER

Related landmarks 

• Tucker House and Myers House (Adjacent)
• Massachusetts Avenue Historic District (Adjacent)

Sources 

• HABS DC-133 - Woodrow Wilson House, 2340 South S Street
• Michael Miller - michael_a_miller [at] yahoo [dot] com
• National Register database - Reference number 66000873 (Nomination form, Photos)
• National Historic Landmark information

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