Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1818/00/00 | Stephen Decatur Jr | Home | Decatur House built for Stephen Decatur Jr. | |||
1818/00/00 | Benjamin H Latrobe | Architect | Decatur House built for Stephen Decatur Jr. | |||
1820/03/20 | Stephen Decatur Jr | Host | After a one-week honeymoon, Commodore and Mrs Stephen Decatur honor Maria Hester and Samuel L Gouverneur with a reception at the Decatur House. | Marriage of Maria Hester Monroe and Samuel Lawrence Gouverneur | ||
1820/03/22 | Stephen Decatur Jr | Died | Stephen Decatur dies in the front room (left of the front entrance) of his Washington home. | Barron and Decatur Duel | ||
1831/00/00 | Edward Livingston | Home | Edward Livingston moves into the Decatur House in 1831 and lives there as Secretary of State under Andrew Jackson until 1833 | |||
1851/00/00 | Rep William Appleton | Home | William Appleton moves into the Decatur House. Mr Appleton will make this his home until 1857. | |||
1872/00/00 | Edward Fitzgerald Beale | Home | Edward F Beale purchases the Decatur House | |||
1883/01/00 | Ulysses S Grant | Visitor | Mr and Mrs grant visit the Beale's during their stay in Washington. |
Particulars for Decatur House: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Architectural Style | Federal Style |
Area of Significance | Military |
Level of Significance | National |
Criteria | Person |
Area of Significance | Politics-government |
Owner | Private |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
Activity | |
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Activity Category | Tour |
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