Vintage Building Photo - Washington DC - House Octagon, 1799 (1) – Antique Photo Print
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Vintage Building Photo - Washington DC - House Octagon, 1799 (1)
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Few houses in Washington sit on a lot as odd as the Octagon's, a wedge-shaped corner where New York Avenue meets 18th Street. Designed by William Thornton, the architect who also drew the first plans for the Capitol, the house was built around 1800 for planter John Tayloe III and takes its name from its eight-sided plan. After the British burned the White House in 1814, President James Madison lived here for several months, and the Treaty of Ghent was ratified within its walls in early 1815. The building's survival through those years makes it one of the city's most closely watched early landmarks.
| Subjects | Historic Print Archive |
|---|---|
| Original scan | 1,274 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-126888 |
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