Woodrow Wilson House
- Address: 2340 S St NW
- Vicinity: 24th St NW
- Neighborhood of Kalorama in Washington, DC
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1915/00/00 | Waddy Butler Wood | Architect | A three-story, red brick, Georgian Revival residence and gardens, designed by architect Waddy Butler Wood, is built for Henry Parker Fairbanks. | |||
1916/00/00 | Henry Parker Fairbanks | Home | A mansion is completed for Henry P Fairbanks featuring a marble entryway, grand staircase, Palladian window, walnut library, dumbwaiter, butler's pantry, telephone intercom system and a modern kitchen. | |||
1920/12/14 | Woodrow Wilson | Home | Though he has not personally seen the S Street residence, Woodrow Wilson surprises Edith by presenting her with the deed. Woodrow will visit the home for the first time on December 15th. | |||
1921/02/00 | Edith Wilson | Home | The Wilson's take possession of their residence on Embassy Row. Edith will have an elevator installed in place of the dumbwaiter, a billiard room added, rearrange some interior walls and build stacks for Woodrow's library of 8,000 volumes. | |||
1921/03/04 | Woodrow Wilson | Home | After Warren G Harding's inauguration, Mr and Mrs Wilson move into their S Street residence. During the day, Ike Hoover and his staff had moved Woodrow's bedroom from the White House and recreated it in the new home. | |||
1921/03/04 | Edith Wilson | Home | Worried the unfinished decorating will distress Woodrow, Edith is impressed that the family and staff have been able to complete the home furnishings over night. | |||
1923/11/10 | Woodrow Wilson | Speaker | Woodrow Wilson makes a radio address, the first nationwide remote radio broadcast, to the American People from the library of his S Street home. Listeners in New York City can hear the broadcast clearly enough to catch Edith prompting Woodrow. | Armistice Day | ||
1923/11/11 | Woodrow Wilson | Life | From the front steps, Wilson addresses more than 20,000 well wishers: I am not one of those that have the least anxiety about the triumph of the principles I have stood for. I have seen fools resist Providence before and I have seen their destruction.... | |||
1924/02/03 | Woodrow Wilson | Died | The death of Woodrow Wilson ... which occurred at 11:15 o'clock today at his home at Washington ... deprives the country of a most distinguished citizen, and is an event which causes universal and genuine sorrow. - Calvin Coolidge | President Woodrow Wilson's Funeral | ||
1925/11/22 | Sallie White Bolling | In Memoriam | The Rev Herbert Scott Smith, rector of St Margaret's Episcopal church, officiates at the memorial service for Sallie Spiers Bolling in the home of her daughter. | |||
1961/12/28 | Edith Wilson | Died | Edith Bolling Galt Wilson passes away at her home on S St in Washington, DC. |
Particulars for Woodrow Wilson House: | |
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Architectural Style | American Colonial Revival |
Sight Category | Building |
Architectural Style | Georgian Revival |
Level of Significance | National |
Criteria | Person |
Area of Significance | Politics-government |
Owner | Private |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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