Built for "gold king" Thomas F. Walsh, this stable was an adjunct to the Walsh Mansion at 2020 Massachusetts Avenue, NW. Walsh (1851-1910) immigrated to the United States from Ireland and participated in the Colorado gold rush that followed the…

Wadsworth House is a Grand Adamesque mansion, one of only two remaining on Dupont Circle. Built between 1900 and 1901, the house was the winter residence of millionaire gentleman farmer Herbert Wadsworth (1851-1927) from western New York, and his…

The Townsend House is one of the many elegant and often ostentatious mansions built along Massachusetts Avenue in the early decades of the 20th century. Completed in 1900 for Richard H. Townsend, a railway magnate, the mansion was designed by the…

The Spencer Carriage House and Stable was constructed in 1905 to serve as a carriage house, stable and servants' quarters for the residence of railroad executive Samuel Spencer. Spencer won his fortune in railroads, and served as president of the…

St. Matthew's Cathedral is one of the most impressive houses of worship in the United States. The simplicity of the exterior contrasts with the rich decorations of the interior. Its imposing copper ribbed dome is one of the visual focal points of…

Designed by Hornblower and Marshall and built between 1896 and 1897 as a private home, the Phillips Collection is a late-19th century red brick building with brownstone and terra cotta trim. The house has several wings; particularly noteworthy is…

The Washington Club (Patterson House) is a neoclassical palace, designed by Stanford White of the famous turn-of-the-century New York architecture firm McKim, Mead and White, completed in 1903.The house was built for Mrs. Robert Patterson of…

The Thomas Nelson Page House was designed by Stanford White of McKim, Mead and White in an early Georgian Revival style. It occupies a prominent corner on New Hampshire Avenue, three blocks from Dupont Circle. Built in 1896, it was designed for…

The McCormick Apartments is a landmark apartment building on Embassy Row whose inhabitants once included Andrew W. Mellon. It consists of four stories, a mansard, and a raised basement. The top-floor apartment commemorates Andrew Mellon's national…

Known as one of America’s most influential poets, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poetry mastered rhyme and meter to tell stories of the country’s past and expansive landscape. After receiving a memorial at Westminster Abbey in England, the Longfellow…