Sarah Adams Whittemore House, Present Day
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The Sarah Adams Whittemore House (commonly referred to as the Whittemore House) located at 1526 Hampshire Avenue, NW in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was designed by architect Harvey L. Page in 1892. The building is now home to the Woman's National Democratic Club and WNDC Museum. The Whittemore House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a contributing property to the Dupont Circle Historic District.
This file appears in: Sarah Adams Whittemore House (Weeks House; Woman’s National Democratic Club)
Sarah Adams Whittemore House (Weeks House; Woman’s National Democratic Club)
Built between 1892 and 1894 for opera singer Sarah Adams Whittemore, this Dupont Circle mansion stands out from its contemporaries for its restrained design. While other mansions built during the Gilded Age typically relied on ornate Beaux-Arts…