Sarah Adams Whittemore House, Exterior

ID: 81 ~ Source: DC Preservation League Photo Repository ~ Creator: NPS HABS Survey

This file appears in: Sarah Adams Whittemore House (Weeks House; Woman’s National Democratic Club)

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…