3. MAIN FACADE (ELEVATION, CLOSER) - U.S. Soldiers Home, Corn Rigs, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

ID: 3052 ~ Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

This file appears in: Lincoln Cottage (President Lincoln and Soldiers’ Home National Monument): Located within the Armed Forces Retirement Home Historic District and Soldiers' Home National Historic Site, the Gothic Revival-style cottage was originally known as Corn Rigs.

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Lincoln Cottage (President Lincoln and Soldiers’ Home National Monument): Located within the Armed Forces Retirement Home Historic District and Soldiers' Home National Historic Site, the Gothic Revival-style cottage was originally known as Corn Rigs.

By The DC Historic Sites team

The Gothic Revival summer cottage of banker George Washington Riggs was constructed by carpenter William Degges in 1842-43 -- according to plans by Philadelphia architect John Skirving, a close…