View of Tayloe House, looking southeast from Lafayette Square, of west (Madison Place) elevation.

ID: 5715 ~ Source: National Register of Historic Places Nomination. ~ Creator: John DeFerrari. ~ Date: 2009.
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View of Tayloe House, looking southeast from Lafayette Square, of west (Madison Place) elevation.
This file appears in: Benjamin Ogle Tayloe House

Built in 1828, this home served as Benjamin Ogle Tayloe's residence and a social, intellectual, and cultural center for the political elite. Described as a "salon" for scholarly discourse and a space for high-society gatherings, the Federal style…