Decatur House, built in 1818 for Commodore Stephen Decatur, was the first private residence in the White House neighborhood, Washington, D.C.

ID: 3417 ~ Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA ~ Creator: Carol M. Highsmith, photographer ~ Date: [between 1980 and 2006]

This file appears in: Stephen Decatur House: Completed in 1819, Decatur House is significant as the first private residence constructed on Lafayette Square.

This file appears in: Stephen Decatur House: Completed in 1819, Decatur House is significant as the first private residence constructed on Lafayette Square.

Stephen Decatur House: Completed in 1819, Decatur House is significant as the first private residence constructed on Lafayette Square.

By The DC Historic Sites team

Built in 1819, the Decatur House was designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe for Commodore Stephen Decatur, who was at the height of his naval career when the house was constructed, and who, along with his…