Washington, D.C.
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1. American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati
Dupont Circle | House/Mansion/VillaThe palatial Gilded Age Anderson House is the headquarters of the Society of the Cincinnati, the nation's oldest historical organization promoting...Read More
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2. Decatur House
White House area | House/Mansion/VillaHome to the David M. Rubenstein National Center for White House History, located across from the White House, this was the first and last private...Read More
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3. Dumbarton Oaks
Georgetown | House/Mansion/VillaCareer diplomat Robert Woods Bliss and his wife, Mildred, bought the property in 1920 and tamed the sprawling grounds into acres of splendid...Read More
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4. Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
Anacostia | House/Mansion/VillaCedar Hill, the Anacostia home of abolitionist Frederick Douglass, was the first Black National Historic Site that Congress designated. Douglass...Read More
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5. Heurich House Museum
Dupont Circle | House/Mansion/VillaThis opulent Romanesque Revival mansion, also known as the Brewmaster's Castle, was the home of Christian Heurich, a German immigrant who made...Read More
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6. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens
Upper Northwest | Garden/ArboretumLong before the age of Paris Hilton, cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post was the most celebrated socialite of the 20th century, famous...Read More
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7. Old Stone House
Georgetown | House/Mansion/VillaWashington's oldest surviving building, this fieldstone house in the heart of Georgetown was built in 1765 by a cabinetmaker named Christopher...Read More
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8. President Lincoln's Cottage
Columbia Heights | House/Mansion/VillaIn June 1862 President Lincoln moved from the White House to this Gothic Revival cottage on the grounds of the Soldiers' Home to escape the...Read More
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9. Sewall-Belmont House & Museum
Capitol Hill | House/Mansion/VillaStanding strong on Capitol Hill for more than 200 years, this house witnessed the construction of the U.S. Capitol and Supreme Court, and its...Read More
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10. The Octagon House
White House area | House/Mansion/VillaWhy this six-sided building is named the Octagon remains a subject of debate. Some say that even though the main room is a circle, it resembled...Read More
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11. Tudor Place
Georgetown | House/Mansion/VillaStop at Q Street between 31st and 32nd streets; look through the trees to the north, to the top of a sloping lawn, and you can see the neoclassical...Read More
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12. Woodrow Wilson House
Dupont Circle | House/Mansion/VillaPresident Wilson and his second wife, Edith Bolling Wilson, retired in 1921 to this Georgian Revival house designed by Washington architect...Read More
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