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TITLE:
U.S. Soldiers Home, Corn Rigs, Rock Creek Church Road & Upshur Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
CALL NUMBER:
HABS DC,WASH,534D-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 86 (4 x 5 and 5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 1 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 6
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1933.
CREATOR:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
Riggs, George
Lincoln, Pres. Abraham
Anderson, Gen. Robert
Buchanan, Pres. James
Hayes, Pres. Rutherford B.
Arthur, Pres. Chester
Brown, Angela, transmitter
National Trust for Historic Preservation, sponsor
Lautman, Robert C., photographer
Null, Drustilla, historian
Boucher, Jack, photographer
NOTE:
Survey number HABS DC-353-D
Building/structure dates: 1843 initial construction
Building/structure dates: 1897 subsequent work
Building/structure dates: 2001 subsequent work
See HABS No. DC-353 for list of related structures.
Structure is associated with the Emancipation Proclamation.
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74002176
Significance: Soldiers Home established by Congress in 1851. Corn Rigs was the summer home of George Riggs who sold his farm to the Soldiers Home. House used as first dormitory and as summer retreat for Presidents Buchanan, Lincoln, Hayes, and Arthur. Lincoln finished the final draft of the Emancipation proclamation here. Lincoln also named the building Anderson Cottage in honor of Gen. Robert Anderson, commander of Fort Sumter.
SUBJECTS:
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA--District of Columbia--Washington
building deterioration
slavery
U.S. Presidents
OTHER TITLE:
Anderson Cottage
Old Soldiers Home
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.dc0445
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. MAIN FACADE AND GROUNDS (GENERAL VIEW)
2. MAIN FACADE (ELEVATION)
3. MAIN FACADE (ELEVATION, CLOSER)
4. MAIN FACADE (OBLIQUE VIEW)
5. MAIN FACADE (OBLIQUE VIEW, CLOSER)
6. DETAIL, MAIN FACADE, PORCH
CONTROL #:
DC0445
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