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  2. Decatur House - Wikipedia

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    Decatur House is a historic house museum at 748 Jackson Place in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. It is named after its first owner and occupant, the naval officer Stephen Decatur Jr. [2] Built in 1818, the house is located at the northwest corner of Lafayette Square, about a block from the White House.

  3. National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington, D.C.

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    Note that the White House, the Capitol, and the United States Supreme Court Building are recorded in the National Register's NRIS database as National Historic Landmarks, but by the provisions of the Historic Preservation Act of 1966, Section 107 (16 U.S.C. 470g), these three buildings and associated buildings and grounds are legally exempted ...

  4. List of National Historic Landmarks in Washington, D.C.

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    National Historic Landmarks are normally listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Washington is home to three specifically legislated exceptions to this rule: the White House, the United States Capitol, and the United States Supreme Court Building. All are designated landmarks, but are not on the National Register.

  5. Charlotte Dupuy - Wikipedia

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    Clay went to Washington, D.C., for his congressional term beginning in 1810 and took the Dupuys with him. They lived with Clay and served in the house he rented, originally built for Stephen Decatur. Located at Lafayette Square across from the White House, today the Decatur House is a museum and a designated National Historic Landmark.

  6. National Register of Historic Places listings in central ...

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    This is a list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the central area of Washington, D.C. For the purposes of this list central Washington, D. C. is defined as all of the Northwest quadrant east of Rock Creek and south of M Street and all of the Southwest quadrant.

  7. Washington Jockey Club - Wikipedia

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    The Washington Jockey Club was an American association in Washington, D.C. devoted to horse racing, founded in 1797.The club established its first racecourse four blocks from the Executive Mansion where it extended from 17th and 20th Streets and extending across Pennsylvania Avenue into Lafayette Park, [1] what is now the site of Decatur House at H Street and Jackson Place, crossing ...

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  9. Stephen Decatur - Wikipedia

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    The Stephen Decatur House Museum: Washington, D.C. Archived April 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine; Decatur House: A Home of the Rich and Powerful: National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan; Documents, Official and Unofficial, Relating to the Case of the Capture and Destruction of the Frigate Philadelphia at Tripoli ...