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[Plaque on exterior of the Octagon House, Washington, D.C.] – Historic Reproduction

[Plaque on exterior of the Octagon House, Washington, D.C.], [between 1909 and 1932] — historic photograph
[Plaque on exterior of the Octagon House, Washington, D.C.], [between 1909 and 1932]. 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: [Plaque on exterior of the Octagon House, Washington, D.C.], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Plaque on exterior of the Octagon House, Washington, D.C.]

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The plaque on the exterior of the Octagon House marks a building whose eight-sided plan set it apart on New York Avenue in Washington. William Thornton designed the house, completed around 1800 for plantation owner John Tayloe III, and it gained lasting fame when James and Dolley Madison used it as a temporary White House after British forces burned the executive mansion in 1814. The American Institute of Architects acquired the property in 1902 and has since preserved it as a historic house museum. This National Photo Company view, one of many the firm made of Washington landmarks in the early twentieth century, records how the building looked when its historic role was being publicized.

Created / published[between 1909 and 1932]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1940.
NotesNo. 1086. National Photo Company Collection.
SubjectsOctagon (Washington, D.C.) Plaques--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,264 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-180919

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