Woodrow Wilson Hall

  • Also Known As: Shadow Lawn

  • Address: Cedar and Norwood Aves
  • Vicinity: Monmouth University
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

The current Shadow Lawn mansion was built for Hubert Parson, president of F.W. Woolworth's, five-and-dime stores, on the site of an earlier mansion of the same name. The original house, lost in a fire, was used by Woodrow Wilson as a summer residence in 1916. If the current building looks famailiar, it was the set for Daddy Warbucks's mansion in the 1982 movie 'Annie'. - AsNotedIn


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Horace Trumbauer Architect
1916/00/00 Woodrow Wilson Home Site of Woodrow Wilson's summer residence.
1927/00/00

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Particulars for Woodrow Wilson Hall:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Cultural Affiliation French American
Architectural Style Late 19th and 20th century revivals
Building Type Mansion
Narrative Arts Movie Location
Level of Significance National
Owner Private
Historic Use Single dwelling



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 28th March 1978

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Shadow Lawn
Registry Address: Cedar and Norwood Aves.
Registry Number: 78001780
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Trumbauer,Horace
Architectural Style: Late 19th and 20th century revivals, Other
Attribute: French
Contributing Buildings: 1
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1925-1949
Significant Year: 1927
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling
Current Function: Education
Current Sub-Function: College

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