Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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11 drawings
56 b&w photos
19 data pages
5 photo caption pages

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TITLE:
Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

CALL NUMBER:
HABS DC,WASH,686-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 11 (24 x 36 in.)
Photo(s): 56 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 18 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 5

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1933.

CREATOR:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HABS DC-821

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N670).

Building/structure dates: 1799 initial construction

Building/structure dates: 1820 subsequent work

Building/structure dates: 1929 subsequent work

Building/structure dates: 1879 subsequent work

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72001432

Significance: The Sewall-Belmont House, built ca. 1800 for Robert Sewall in the newly formed city of Washington, has been home to the National Women's Party since 1929. Sewall's brick federal-period town house, with its center-hall Georgian plan, is one of the oldest standing residences on Capitol Hill, and includes a kitchen wing that predates the main structure...As the only extant structure associated with the National Woman's Party, the Sewall-Belmont House continues to serve as an active headquarters, as well as museum and research library. In 1974, it was designated a National Historic Landmark for its historical connections to Alice Paul and the woman's movement.

SUBJECTS:
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA--District of Columbia--Washington
government officials
fires
brick buildings

OTHER TITLE:
Alva Belmont House
National Women's Party Headquarters
Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site

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.dc0963

CONTROL #:
DC0963

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