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Blair House
- Also Known As: Blair-Lee House also Blair House National Historic Landmark
- Address: 1651 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
- Neighborhood of Downtown DC in Washington, DC
Timeline
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1824/00/00 | Dr Joseph Lovell | Home | Built for Dr Joseph Lovell | |||
| 1829/00/00 | Andrew Jackson | US President | President Andrew Jackson stops holding Cabinet meetings when infighting made the group ineffectual. 1829 to 1831, his unofficial advisors, mocked as the "Kitchen Cabinet", met at Blair's house. Preston's teenage daughter Elizabeth often served as scribe. | |||
| 1836/00/00 | Francis Preston Blair | Home | Francis Preston Blair buys the Lovell House from Surgeon General Joseph Lovell for $6,500. | |||
| 1845/00/00 | Francis Preston Blair | Home | In the 1840s, Francis Preston Blair moves his family to "Silver Spring", their country house in Maryland. Built in 1845, the mansion is demolished, but the spring is in Acorn Park at East-West Highway and Newell St. | |||
| 1850/05/01 | Zachary Taylor | Guest | Eleanor Boyle Ewing marries William Tecumseh Sherman in a ceremony at Blair House. Thomas Ewing (the bride's father and the groom's foster father), is renting Blair House at the time. | Marriage of Ellen Ewing and William Tecumseh Sherman | ||
| 1850/05/01 | William T Sherman | Groom | Eleanor Boyle Ewing marries William Tecumseh Sherman in a ceremony at Blair House. Thomas Ewing (the bride's father and the groom's foster father), is renting Blair House at the time. | Marriage of Ellen Ewing and William Tecumseh Sherman | ||
| 1859/00/00 | Elizabeth Blair Lee | Home | Francis Blair builts 'Lee' house at 1653 Pennsylvania Ave for daughter Elizabeth and her husband, now part of Blair House | |||
| 1859/00/00 | Samuel Phillips Lee | Home | Francis Blair builts 'Lee' house at 1653 Pennsylvania Ave for daughter Elizabeth and her husband, now part of Blair House | |||
| 1861/04/18 | Robert E Lee | Rebel | In the office, just inside the Blair House front door, Francis P Blair, acting on Lincoln's orders, offers Colonel of the 2nd Cavalry, Robert E Lee command of the Union Army. Lee declined. | Beginning of the American Civil War | ||
| 1861/12/21 | David Farragut | Union Commander | At Blair House, Captain Farragut dines and agrees to command the assault on New Orleans, his hometown, so earnest and enthusiastic, that Assistant Secretary Fox unhesitatingly exhibits a list of the vessels which were being prepared for the expedition. | Capture of New Orleans | ||
| 1950/11/01 | Ben Bradlee | Witness | Two Puerto Rican pro-independence terroist attempt to assasinate President Harry S Truman at Blair House | |||
| 1950/11/01 | Harry S Truman | President | Two Puerto Rican pro-independence terroist attempt to assasinate President Harry S Truman at Blair House |
Data »
| Particulars for Blair House: | |
|---|---|
| Sight Category | Building |
| Owner | Federal |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Historic Use | Institutional housing |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Area of Significance | Politics-government |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |