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[House (Octagon--Tayloe House") N.W. Washington – Vintage Print

[House (Octagon--Tayloe House") N.W. Washington, 2002712361 — historic image
[House (Octagon--Tayloe House") N.W. Washington, 2002712361. Historic image 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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The Octagon, at 18th and New York Avenue NW, takes its name from the eight-sided plan of its main rooms, an unusual shape for a Washington townhouse of the period. Designed by Dr. William Thornton, the first architect of the U.S. Capitol, it was built around 1799 to 1800 for Col. John Tayloe III, a wealthy Virginia planter. The floor plan shows how the rooms radiate from a central hall and how the house was fitted to its irregular lot. After the British burned the White House in 1814, President and Mrs. Madison lived here for several months, and the American Institute of Architects has occupied the house since the late 1890s.

Created / published2002712361
MediumD.C. Floor plan]"
GenreDesign
NotesADE - UNIT 2581, no. 1 (A size) [P&P]Check for an online group record (may link to related items)
SubjectsFor information see Architecture
SourceLibrary of Congress
Original scan1,532 × 1,207 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-176854

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