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- 736 Jackson Place - History of the 1870 Marcy/Townsend house on Lafayette Square and of its occupants.
clinton4.nara.gov/ONAP/736history.html
- A Gateway Restored - The design and history of Union Station, which opened in 1907 and was restored in 1988. An article by William Bushong from Blueprints magazine, 1988.
www.nbm.org/blueprints/80s/summer88/cover/cover.htm
- Anderson Cottage - News links about the history and restoration of this summer home Abraham Lincoln used at the Soldiers' Home in Washington, D.C.
showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/news/anderson.htm
- Cady Lee Mansion - Information on the history, renovation, and sale of the 1887 Victorian home.
www.cadyleemansion.com
- Decatur House - Describes the house (built for naval hero Stephen Decatur in 1819), its furnishings, and its residents over the years.
decaturhouse.org/index.htm
- Decatur House - The 1819 home of naval hero Stephen Decatur is the subject of this teacher's lesson plan, one of a series prepared by the National Register of Historic Places.
www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/19decatur/19decatur.htm
- Eisenhower Executive Office Building - Historical tour of the building that was formerly known as the Old Executive Office Building, begun in 1871 to house the State, War and Navy departments
www.whitehouse.gov/history/eeobtour
- Ford's Theatre National Historic Site - The site of President Lincoln's assassination in 1864. Includes history of the theater and of the assassination.
www.nps.gov/foth/index2.htm
- Frederick Douglass National Historic Site - Douglass, a former slave, became one of the pre-eminent crusaders against slavery as a speaker, writer and publisher. His home in Washington, where he lived from 1877 to 1895, is now a National Park Service site.
www.nps.gov/frdo/freddoug.html
- History of the Carnegie Library - History of the building that housed the city's central library from 1903 to 1970 and which will reopen as the City Museum of Washington, D.C., in 2003. From the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., website.
hswdc.org/City_Museum/Carnegie_Library/Carnegie_Library.asp
- History of the Kennedy Center - History of efforts to create a national performing arts center. Text of 1980 article by Roger Meersman.
www.cs.umb.edu/jfklibrary/arts_meersman.html
- History of the Main Treasury Building - Short history.
www.treas.gov/opc/opc0073.html
- Holt House - History of the house, built in the early 1800s, and of efforts to preserve it as a historic reminder of the legacy of slavery.
www.innercity.org/holt
- Mary McLeod Bethune Council House - Home in the 1940s to Bethune (1875-1955), black educator and activist, and today the headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women. Site includes information on Bethune, the house, and on the National Archives for Black Women's History.
www.nps.gov/mamc/bethune/welcome/frame.htm
- Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site - Story of the historic avenue. Official National Park Service site.
www.nps.gov/paav/pa_visit.htm
- President's Park - History and description of the White House surroundings: the Ellipse, Lafayette Square, the White House Visitors Center, and neighboring statuary and memorials.
www.nps.gov/whho/welcome.htm
- The Mall - History of the Capital's central park, planned by Pierre L'Enfant, and its development in the 19th and 20th centuries. Plans, photos, drawings, and bibliography.
xroads.virginia.edu/%7ECAP/MALL/home.html
- Washington Navy Yard History - The U.S. Navy's oldest shore establishment, dating from 1799, was a shipbuilding center, then an ordnance plant and is now the ceremonial and administrative center for the Navy.
www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq52-1.htm
- Willard Hotel - Short history of 19th-century landmark.
washington.interconti.com/location/history.html
- Woodrow Wilson House - President Wilson's home, from the time he left office in 1921 until his death in 1924, is Washington's only Presidential museum.
www.woodrowwilsonhouse.org
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