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Cleveland Abbe House
Location: 2017 I Street, NW, Washington, D.C. Coordinates: 38°54′5.2″N 77°2′46.2″W / 38.901444°N 77.046167°WCoordinates: 38°54′5.2″N 77°2′46.2″W / 38.901444°N 77.046167°W Built: 1802 Architect: Timothy Caldwell Architectural style: Federal Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 69000289 Significant dates Added to NRHP: March 24, 1969[1] Designated NHL: May 15, 1975[2] The Cleveland Abbe House, also known as Timothy Caldwell House, Monroe-Adams-Abbe House, Cleveland Abbe House or the Arts Club of Washington, is a historic house in Washington, D.C.. It is located at 2017 I Street NW.
History
Timothy Caldwell built the house around 1802 to 1805. James Monroe lived there from 1811 to September 1817. British legation occupied the building in the 1820s. Henry Adams lived here with his parents, Charles Francis Adams Sr., and Abigail Brooks, in 1860 to 1861.[3] Cleveland Abbe, founder of the U.S. Weather Bureau, lived here from 1877 to 1909. In 1916, the Arts Club of Washington purchased the building. [4]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Arts Club of Washington in 1969.[1]
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1975.[2][5]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b "Abbe, Cleveland House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=858&ResourceType=Building. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
- ^ http://dcwriters.poetrymutual.org/Pages/adams.html
- ^ http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc43.htm
- ^ James Sheire (February, 1975). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Timothy Caldwell House—Monroe-Adams-Abbe House / Arts Club BuildingPDF (270 KB). National Park Service and Accompanying photos, exterior, from 1971 and 1975.PDF (1.26 MB)
External links
- Cleveland Abbe House, NHL summary at the National Park Service
- Abbe House (Arts Club of Washington), NRHP Travel itinerary listing at the National Park Service
- Cleveland Abbe House on Google Street View
- Arts Club of Washington, History of the Cleveland Abbe House, which is called the Monroe House by the Club, is available.
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