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Corcoran House, at NE corner of Conn. and H, N.W., Washington, D.C. – Historic Print

Corcoran House, at NE corner of Conn. and H, N.W., Washington, D.C., [ca. 1900] — historic photograph
Corcoran House, at NE corner of Conn. and H, N.W., Washington, D.C., [ca. 1900]. 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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A window into the past: Corcoran House, at NE corner of Conn. and H, N.W., Washington, D.C., preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Corcoran House, at NE corner of Conn. and H, N.W., Washington, D.C.

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The Corcoran House stood on the northeast corner of Connecticut Avenue and H Street in Washington, a residence built for William Wilson Corcoran, the banker and philanthropist who founded the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Corcoran collected paintings and sculpture, and the house reflected the private taste of a wealthy Washington family in the late 19th century. The photograph comes from Frances Benjamin Johnston's architectural studies of the capital, which document the city's buildings around 1900. Its caption card lists sculpture and architecture among its subjects, a reminder that the house was as much a showcase for art as a home.

Created / published[ca. 1900]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). No. 1132. Caption card tracings: Sculpture; Architecture; B.F.; Corcoran, W.W., 1789-1888; Geogr.; Washington, D.C.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,215 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-136766

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