The Lindens
- Also Known As: Hooper,King,House
- Address: 2401 Kalorama Rd, NW
- Neighborhood of Sheridan-Kalorama, DC in Washington, DC
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1754/00/00 | Robert Hooper Sr | Home | A grand summer homes is built on Sylvan Street in Danvers, Massachusetts, for Robert Hooper. | |||
| 1774/06/00 | Gen Thomas Gage | Home | Governor Gage makes the Lindens his home from June to September of 1774. As the residence of the British Governor, the Lindens will become the headquarters of the Loyalist cause in the Bay Colony. | |||
| 1776/00/00 | Robert Hooper Sr | Life | The front door of the Lindens is shot at by a musket just before the American Revolution. Robert Hooper is a Tory, loyal to the British. | |||
| 1798/09/00 | Hooper heirs sell The Lindens to Judge Benjamin Collins from Liverpool, Nova Scotia. | |||||
| 1820/00/00 | Judge Benjamin Collins dies. His body, reportedly, will lay in state in his front hallway for a month before burial. | |||||
| 1860/00/00 | Francis Peabody Jr of Danvers | Home | Francis Peabody buys the Lindens and puts the house in thorough repair and builds additional wings. | |||
| 1869/00/00 | George Peabody | Guest | George Peabody, the merchant philanthropist, visits his relative Francis at the Lindens. | |||
| 1933/00/00 | Antiques dealers, Israel Sack and Leon David, buy the Lindens for about $10,000. Sack will soon sell a paneled drawing room to the Kansas City Museum. | |||||
| 1934/08/00 | George Maurice Morris and Miriam Morris, who are seeking a period house to showcase their collection of early American furniture, buy the Lindens from Israel Sack for about $14,000. | |||||
| 1937/00/00 | Walter M Macomber | Architect | Mr and Mrs Morris remove several wings added by Francis Peabody and rebuild Hooper House in Washington, DC. The painstaking restoration to near original condition includes reproducing lost paneling. |
| Particulars for The Lindens: | |
|---|---|
| Architectural Style | American Colonial |
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Criteria | Exemplar |
| Architectural Style | Georgian Architecture |
| Attribute | Moved property |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
| Area of Significance | Social History |
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