Sites tagged "Second Empire": 23
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Ashburton House: Ashburton House is notable as a space of British-American negotiations and treatymaking.
Built in 1836, Ashburton House served as a home for British diplomats. For instance, the residence hosted the ten month American-British negotiations that eventually led to the Webster-Ashburton…
Van View: Built between 1868 and 1871, this Second Empire country house was once part of a large working farm.
The stately Second Empire style country house constructed between 1868 and 1871 and known as Van View occupies an almost half-acre corner lot at 13th and Jonquil Streets. It is generally surrounded by…
Battleground National Cemetery: Here lies fallen Union soldiers from the 1864 Battle of Fort Stevens.
In July 1864, the Battle of Fort Stevens marked the defeat of Confederate General Jubal Anderson Early’s campaign to launch an offensive attack on the national capital. During the battle, 59 Union…
George M. Lightfoot House: The Lightfoot House is a rare survivor of a rural Brightwood community once characterized by summer and weekend estates and manors.
The George M. Lightfoot House was built as a residence in 1892 for Frederick Bex, a carriage maker in the small crossroads village of Brightwood in what was then still referred to as Washington County…
Oscar W. Underwood House: Senator Underwood resided at this mansard-roofed 19th-century rowhouse from 1914 to 1925.
Built around the 1870s, the Oscar W. Underwood House stands amid similar houses that retain the ambiance of residential living in Washington in the early 20th century.A strong driving force behind the…
Charles Sumner School: Named for the famed abolitionist, the Sumner School was one of DC's first buildings dedicated to Black public education.
The Sumner School is one of three post-Civil War Black schools in DC and is named in honor of Charles Sumner, a Massachusetts Senator and ardent abolitionist who attempted, unsuccessfully, to ban…
Strivers’ Section Historic District: This historic district is notable for its ties to DC's African American community, especially as the home of the city's early Black middle class.
Strivers' Section is a predominantly residential area with longstanding associations with leading individuals and institutions in Washington's African American community. It is characterized by late…
State, War and Navy Building (Old Executive Office Building; Eisenhower Building): This administrative building is distinguished by its purple-grey Virginia granite walls and slate mansard roofs.
The State, War and Navy Building was built just west of the White House, between 1871 and 1888, to designs by architect Alfred B. Mullett. Like the Greek Revival style Treasury Department Building to…
Sixteenth Street Historic District: The great variety of architectural styles along Sixteenth Street reflects the eclectic nature of American design between the 1870s and 1920s.
The Sixteenth Street Historic District is characterized by the linear experience of the street itself, one of the most important numbered streets in the Federal City, and a major element of the…
Shaw Historic District: The Shaw Historic District stretches north of downtown along the old streetcar lines on 7th, 9th, and 11th streets NW.
The Shaw Historic District accounts for the larger of two remaining fragments of a once-contiguous neighborhood surrounding Mount Vernon Square, which developed mostly after the Civil War. The…