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Octagon House [Washington, D.C.] – Vintage Wall Art

Octagon House [Washington, D.C.], [between 1918 and 1920] — historic photograph
Octagon House [Washington, D.C.], [between 1918 and 1920]. 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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Step back in time with Octagon House [Washington, D.C.], a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Octagon House [Washington, D.C.]

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Few houses in the capital carry as much history as the Octagon, the angled brick townhouse at the corner of New York Avenue and 18th Street NW. William Thornton designed it for Colonel John Tayloe III around 1799, and after the British burned the White House in 1814, President Madison lived there and ratified the Treaty of Ghent in early 1815. This glass negative, made by the National Photo Company around 1918 to 1920, shows the house during the decades the American Institute of Architects has occupied it. Faint streaks and blemishes from the aging glass coating are visible across the plate.

Created / published[between 1918 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch one.
SubjectsOctagon (Washington, D.C.) Historic buildings. Octagonal buildings. United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,269 × 4,268 px · prints to 18 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-229471

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