Woodrow Wilson House
2340 S St., NW, Washington, District of Columbia
Photos
PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF MAIN ELEVATION
Photo taken for the Historic American Buildings Survey
Map
Coordinates:
+38.91391, -77.0516738°54'50" N, 77°03'06" W
Description
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)
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966
- Reference number
- 66000873
- NR name
- Wilson, Woodrow, House
- Architectural styles
- Late 19th and 20th Century Revival: Colonial Revival; Other architectural type; Georgian Revival
- Area of significance
- Politics/Government
- Level of significance
- National
- Evaluation criteria
- B - Person
- Property type
- Building
- Historic function
- Single dwelling
- Current function
- Museum
- Period of significance
- 1900-1924
- Significant years
- 1921; 1924
Update Log
- January 10, 2018: New Street View added by Michael Miller
- May 12, 2012: Imported photos from HABS/HAER