Armed Forces Retirement Home-Washington
- Also Known As: United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home
- Address: 3700 N Capitol St NW
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| William H Degges | Architect | |||||
| 1842/00/00 | ||||||
| 1851/00/00 | ||||||
| 1862/06/00 | Abraham Lincoln | Home | Lincolns uses the George Washington Riggs home as a summer home, June 1862 - 1864 | |||
| 1862/07/22 | Abraham Lincoln | Author | After working on the first draft at his summer cottage, Abraham Lincoln presents the Emancipation Proclamation to his full cabinet. | Emancipation Proclamation (Executive order) |
| Particulars for Armed Forces Retirement Home-Washington: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Agriculture |
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Historic Use | Auditorium |
| Area of Significance | Entertainment - Recreation |
| Criteria | Exemplar |
| Owner | Federal |
| Historic Use | Government Office |
| Area of Significance | Health-medicine |
| Area of Significance | Historic and non-aboriginal |
| Sight Category | Historic District |
| Historic Use | Hospital |
| Criteria | Information Potential |
| Area of Significance | Landscape Architecture |
| Architectural Style | Late 19th and 20th century revivals |
| Architectural Style | Late Victorian |
| Area of Significance | Military |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Historic Use | Natural Feature |
| Criteria | Person |
| Area of Significance | Politics-government |
| Historic Use | Religious Property |
| Historic Use | Road-related |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
| Area of Significance | Social History |
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