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Kirkwood House was a 19th-century building in Washington, D.C., located at the northeast corner of the intersection of 12th Street W and Pennsylvania Avenue.Opened in 1848, it was initially called Fuller House, and then the Irving Hotel, before becoming known as the Kirkwood House in 1854.
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.
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.
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 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 ...
Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images Carter was born in Plains, Georgia , in 1924 and died on December 29, 2024. The two-bedroom home was valued at $167,000 in 2018.
Sunnyside (1835) is a historic house on 10 acres (4 ha) along the Hudson River, in Tarrytown, New York.It was the home of the American author Washington Irving, best known for his short stories, such as "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820).