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[Exterior of Octagon House, Washington, D.C.] – Antique Wall Art

[Exterior of Octagon House, Washington, D.C.], c1913 Jan. 25. — historic photograph
[Exterior of Octagon House, Washington, D.C.], c1913 Jan. 25.. Historic photograph from the Washington DC collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Exterior of Octagon House, Washington, D.C.]

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Few buildings in Washington share the Octagon's eight-sided plan, which sets it apart from the rectangular houses around it. William Thornton designed the house, completed around 1800 for plantation owner John Tayloe III, and it later sheltered President James Madison after the British burned the White House in 1814. This copyright deposit, dated January 1913, shows the building in the early twentieth century, when the American Institute of Architects owned it. The institute had acquired the house in 1902.

Created / publishedc1913 Jan. 25.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesJ177811 U.S. Copyright Office.
SubjectsOctagon (Washington, D.C.) Octagonal buildings--Washington (D.C.)--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,285 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-180923

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