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Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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Tudor Place, 1644 Thirty-first Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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Summary

Significance: An unusual, perhaps unique, execution of late Federal period architecture, designed by William Thornton, Tudor Place also possesses outstanding historical significance for its association with prominent nineteenth-century personages and its role s the center of nineteenth-century Georgetown social life, and its extensive archives documenting early two hundred years of upper class lifestyle. Having been continually owned by the Peter Family until the death of Armstead Peter, III), Tudor Place, in addition, has a rare degree of integrity in terms of the building and grounds, and possessions (especially those associated with George and Martha Washington). The formal garden north of the house and the expansive lawn south of the house also reflect nearly two hundred years of American garden design....
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N660
Survey number: HABS DC-171
Building/structure dates: after. 1805- before. 1816 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1914 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: after. 1960- before. 1970 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1876 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000025

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Date

1933 - 1960
person

Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Thornton, William
Peter family
Peter, Armistead
Peter, Armistead
Kennon, Britannia
Lafayette, Marquis De
Lee, Robert E
Washington, George
Price, Virginia B, transmitter
U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, sponsor
Boucher, Jack E, photographer
Dolinsky, Paul, delineator
Byrdy, Edward L, delineator
Lebovich, Bill, historian
Arzola, Robert R, project manager
place

Location

Washington, District of Columbia, United States38.91038, -77.01216
Google Map of 38.9103802, -77.0121553
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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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