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"Irving Hotel (Late Fuller's) Washington City." Washington Union, November 26, 1848. An inn stood at the site that became Kirkwood House as early as the 1820s. [1] The building that became Kirkwood House was designed for Azariah Fuller by architect John Haviland and opened to the public on December 1, 1847.
Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He wrote the short stories " Rip Van Winkle " (1819) and " The Legend of Sleepy Hollow " (1820), both of which appear in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
The Arlington Hotel, 1872. The Arlington Hotel was a hotel in Washington, D.C.. It was built in 1868 and was considered the most opulent hotel in Washington, D.C. during the post-Civil War era, [1] described as a "distinctive but low-keyed example of the Second Empire style." [2] The hotel was located at Vermont Avenue and I Street, N.W. in ...
The hotel was sold, along with the Wardman Park Hotel, to Sheraton Hotels on May 27, 1953. [2] The new owners renamed the hotel the Sheraton-Carlton Hotel. In December 1987, The Sheraton-Carlton closed for extensive renovations, costing $16 million. [5] The hotel's guest rooms were entirely gutted and enlarged, reducing their number from 250 to ...
Bedford Springs Hotel: Bedford, Pennsylvania: 1862–1864 Abraham Lincoln: Cottage at the Soldiers' Home: Washington, D.C. 1869–1876 Ulysses S. Grant: Ulysses S. Grant Cottage [5] Long Branch, New Jersey: 1877–1881 Rutherford B. Hayes: Spiegel Grove: Fremont, Ohio: 1886–1888 Grover Cleveland: Oak View Upon Red Top [6] Washington, D.C ...
Additional changes were made c.1868-70. Despite a historical plaque on the 17th Street facade, there is no historical evidence for the local legend that Washington Irving lived in this house, although his nephew, Edgar Irving, did live next door at 120 East 17th Street, and had a son named Washington Irving after the writer.
The District of Columbia, capital of the United States, is home to 78 National Historic Landmarks.The National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance. [1]
This is a list of properties and districts in Washington, D.C., on the National Register of Historic Places. There are more than 600 listings, including 74 National Historic Landmarks of the United States and another 13 places otherwise designated as historic sites of national importance by Congress or the President. [1]