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The Maples, 630 South Carolina Avenue Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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The Maples, 630 South Carolina Avenue Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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Summary

Significance: Maple Square:
When George Washington with his architect-engineer, Major l'Enfant, was planning the capitol of the young republic, the site of "Maple Square was occupied by a pioneer log cabin. At this time, 1796, William N. Duncanson, a wealthy tobacco planter bought a large tract of land including the old log cabin in its Maple grove, and built the original portion of the present house, also the interesting out-buildings and slave quarters.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1
Survey number: HABS DC-10-5
Building/structure dates: 1795- 1796 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1856 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1871 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1936 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73002086

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Date

1939 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Key, Francis Scott
Nicolson, A A, A
Clayton, John M, M
Brumidi
Briggs, Emily Edson
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Location

Washington, District of Columbia, United States38.88354, -76.99732
Google Map of 38.8835446, -76.9973175
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Source

Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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