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TITLE:
Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jack, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

CALL NUMBER:
HABS DC,WASH,28-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 31  (18 x 24 in.)
Photo(s): 43   (4 x 5 in. and 5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 5 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 3
Color Transparencies: 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1933.

CREATOR:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

RELATED NAME(S):
LaTrobe, Benjamin H.
Jandoli, Liz, transmitter

NOTE:
Survey number HABS DC-16

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-8, FN-38).

Building/structure dates: 1819 initial construction

Building/structure dates: 1870 subsequent work

Building/structure dates: 1944 subsequent work

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000858

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is s a set of circumstances impossible to equal elsewhere. However distinguished Decatur House may be historically, it is equally distinguished architecturally. Designed by Benjamin H. Latrobe, our first professional architect, it was built in 1810 on a site of great importance, a neighbor of the White House with ample fund s derived from Decatur's prize money.

SUBJECTS:
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA--District of Columbia--Washington
houses

COLLECTION:
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.dc0085

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
9. Historic American Buildings Survey John O. Brostrup, Photographer January 9, 1937 10:00 A. M. VIEW FROM NORTHEAST (front)
10. Historic American Buildings Survey John O. Brostrup, Photographer January 9, 1937 10:15 A.M. VIEW FROM THE SOUTHEAST (front)
11. Historic American Buildings Survey John O. Brostrup, Photographer January 21, 1937 11:45 A. M. VIEW FROM SOUTHWEST.
12. Historic American Buildings Survey John O. Brostrup, Photographer January 9,1937 10:30 A. M. DETAIL OF ENTRANCE (East Elevation)
13. Historic American Buildings Survey John O. Brostrup, Photographer January 21, 1937 11:55 A.M. DETAIL OF GARDEN ENTRANCE (west elevation).
14. Historic American Buildings Survey John O. Brostrup, Photographer January 11, 1937 11:45 A. M. ENTRANCE HALL (general view)
15. Historic American Buildings Survey John O. Brostrup, Photographer January 21, 1937 11:15 A.M. VIEW OF ENTRANCE HALL FROM STAIR.
16. Historic American Buildings Survey John O. Brostrup, Photographer January 11, 1937 3:15 P. M. WEST DOORS OF ENTRANCE HALL (west side)
17. Historic American Buildings Survey John O. Brostrup, Photographer January 21, 1937 11:00 A.M. VIEW OF STAIR FROM HALL.
18. Historic American Buildings Survey John O. Brostrup, Photographer January 21, 1937 10:45 A.M. DETAIL OF STAIRWAY. - 2d FLOOR
19. Historic American Buildings Survey John O. Brostrup, Photographer January 21, 1937 10:30 A.M. VIEW OF SOUTH WALL OF GROUND FLOOR ROOM. - 1ST FLOOR
20. Historic American Buildings Survey John O. Brostrup, Photographer January 21, 1937 11:35 A.M. VIEW OF SOUTHWEST CORNER OF DINING ROOM.
21. Historic American Buildings Survey John O. Brostrup, Photographer January 21, 1937 10:15 A.M. DETAIL OF SERVICE STAIRWAY
22. Historic American Buildings Survey John O. Brostrup, Photographer January 11, 1937 3:00 P.M. VIEW OF THE N.E. DRAWING ROOM FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER. - 2d FLOOR
23. Historic American Buildings Survey John O. Brostrup, Photographer January 11, 1937 2:45 P. M. VIEW OF MSUIC ROOM FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER. - 2d FLOOR
24. EAST FRONT, VIEW FROM NORTHEAST
25. EAST FRONT, VIEW FROM NORTHEAST (AFTER RECONSTRUCTION OF ADJOINING BUILDINGS)
26. EAST FRONT, VIEW FROM SOUTHEAST
27. SOUTH SIDE OF SERVICE WING AND WEST (REAR) OF MAIN BLOCK
28. EAST FRONT, DETAIL OF ENTRANCE
29. EAST FRONT, DETAIL OF ENTRANCE AND FIRST FLOOR, FROM THE NORTHEAST
30. FIRST FLOOR, VIEW EAST TO ENTRANCE DOORWAY
31. FIRST FLOOR, ENTRANCE HALL, VIEW WEST TO STAIR AND REAR DOORWAY
32. FIRST FLOOR, STAIRHALL, VIEW WEST
33. FIRST FLOOR, NORTHEAST ROOM, VIEW TO NORTH WALL
34. FIRST FLOOR, SOUTHWEST ROOM, VIEW SOUTH
35. SECOND FLOOR, MAIN STAIR HALL
36. SECOND FLOOR, MAIN STAIR HALL, DETAIL OF PILASTER AND DOOR MOLDING
37. SECOND FLOOR, DRAWING ROOM, VIEW EAST
38. SECOND FLOOR, DRAWING ROOM, DETAIL OF PARQUET FLOORING, VIEW WEST
39. SECOND FLOOR, SOUTHWEST ROOM, VIEW SOUTHEAST
40. ATTIC, HALL, VIEW SOUTHWEST TO DOORWAY (BEFORE REMODELING)
41. ATTIC, HALL, VIEW NORTHEAST TO DOORWAY (BEFORE REMODELING)
42. ATTIC, HALL, VIEW SOUTHEAST TO DOORWAY (BEFORE REMODELING)
43. ATTIC, GENERAL VIEW TO SOUTHWEST (DURING REMODELING)
44. ATTIC, GENERAL VIEW TO SOUTHWEST CORNER (DURING REMODELING)
ATTIC, GENERAL VIEW TO SOUTHWEST CORNER (DURING REMODELING)
45. ATTIC, VIEW EAST TO SOUTHEAST CORNER
46. ATTIC, VIEW SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST END
47. ATTIC, TYPICAL OUTRIGGING FOR EAST AND WEST WALLS
48. ATTIC, TYPICAL OUTRIGGING, VIEW TURNING CORNER
49. ATTIC, TYPICAL OUTRIGGING FOR NORTH AND SOUTH WALLS
50. ATTIC, UPPER CRAWL SPACE
51. ATTIC, UPPER CRAWL SPACE, DETAIL OF QUEEN POST

CONTROL #:
DC0085

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