Halcyon House (Benjamin Stoddert House), north front and east side, clearly outlined at the extreme left of the photograph is the ease side wing of the original house, November 1970

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Halcyon House (Benjamin Stoddert House), north front and east side, clearly outlined at the extreme left of the photograph is the ease side wing of the original house, November 1970

Credit: Leo Schmittel, NCPC

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Halcyon House was built in 1787 by Benjamin Stoddert, the first Secretary of the Navy and a Revolutionary War hero. He served as Secretary of the Revolutionary War Board in Philadelphia from 1779 to 1781 and subsequently returned to Maryland, where…