Woodrow Wilson House The Woodrow Wilson House preserves the final residence of the twenty-eighth President of the United States, located in the Sheridan-Kalorama neighborhood near Embassy Row in Washington, DC. Built in 1915 in the Georgian Revival architectural style, the house became Wilson’s home following the conclusion of his presidency in 1921. The residence provides […]
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site The Frederick Douglass National Historic Site preserves Cedar Hill, the Washington residence of Frederick Douglass, one of the most influential voices in the nineteenth-century movement to abolish slavery and expand civil rights. Located in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, DC, the house occupies an elevated position overlooking the capital, symbolically […]
President Lincoln’s Cottage President Lincoln’s Cottage, located on the grounds of the Armed Forces Retirement Home in northwest Washington, DC, served as a seasonal residence for Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. Built in the mid-nineteenth century in the Gothic Revival architectural style, the cottage provided a quiet setting removed from the pressures of the […]