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[Octagon House, exterior showing windows, Washington, D.C.] – Historic Print

[Octagon House, exterior showing windows, Washington, D.C.], c1913 Jan. 25. — historic photograph
[Octagon House, exterior showing windows, Washington, D.C.], c1913 Jan. 25.. 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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The Octagon, at the corner of New York Avenue and 18th Street NW, is one of the capital's most unusual houses, with walls set at angles rather than the usual rectangle. William Thornton, the first architect of the Capitol, designed it around 1800 for Col. John Tayloe III. After British troops burned the White House in 1814, President James Madison lived here for several months, and the American Institute of Architects has used the building as its headquarters since 1899. This 1913 view draws attention to the rows of windows that light its angled façade.

Created / publishedc1913 Jan. 25.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesJ177815 U.S. Copyright Office.
SubjectsOctagon (Washington, D.C.) Windows--Washington (D.C.) Octagonal buildings--Washington (D.C.)--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,274 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-180916

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