Cutts-Madison House
- Address: 1520 H St NW
- Vicinity: Madison Pl NW
- Neighborhood of Downtown DC 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 |
1820/00/00 | Richard Cutts | Home | Cutts-Madison House is built for Comptroller of the Treasury Richard Cutts (1771-1845) and his wife Anna (1779-1832), Dolley Madison's younger sister. | |||
1828/08/22 | James Madison | Owner | Released on a plea of insolvency, Cutts agrees with the bank holding the mortgage to sell his house and lot to former President James Madison in satisfaction of a loan. The house and grounds were then appraised at 5,750 dollars. | |||
1828/08/22 | Richard Cutts | Seller | Released on a plea of insolvency, Cutts agrees with the bank holding the mortgage to sell his house and lot to former President James Madison in satisfaction of a loan. The house and grounds were then appraised at 5,750 dollars. | |||
1837/11/00 | Dolley Madison | Home | In order to economize, Dolley Madison moves to Lafayette Sq. James Monroe, John Q Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James K Polk, Zachary Taylor, John C Calhoun, Henry Clay and Daniel Webster will visit her. | |||
1849/07/12 | Dolley Madison | Died | Dolley Madison dies at home, Cutts-Madison House, Washington | Funeral for Dolley Madison | ||
1849/08/00 | John Payne Todd | Home | John Payne Todd inherits Cutts-Madison home from his mother. | |||
1851/00/00 | Admiral Charles Wilkes | Home | Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes buys the Cutts-Madison House from John Payne Todd. | |||
1858/00/00 | After being named Special Envoy to Central America, Sir William Gore Ouseley rents Cutts-Madison on his way to the region and entertains lavishly. | |||||
1861/07/26 | George B McClellan | Union General | General George B McClellan begins using the Madison house as his Washington headquarters. McClellan left in late October for new headquarters at a house at the corner of H Street NW and 15th Street NW (razed). | |||
1886/00/00 | The Wilkes family sells the Cutts-Madison to the Cosmos Club for 40,000 dollars. | |||||
1962/02/00 | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis | Preservationist | Mrs Kennedy lobbies GSA director Bernard L Boutin to stop the demolition of townhouses on Lafayette Sq. Mrs Kennedy then enlisted architect John Carl Warnecke to create a design which would incorporate the new buildings with the old. |
Particulars for Cutts-Madison House: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Sight Category | Building |
Architectural Style | Georgian Architecture |
Category for Historic Use | Government |
Criteria | Person |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
Building Style | Townhouse |
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