Tudor Place is among the foremost Federal-era mansions in the nation, designed by William Thornton, architect of the U.S. Capitol. Construction of the house began circa 1794, was completed circa 1815, and was financed by an inheritance from the President.The house's owner, Thomas Peter, and his wife, Martha Parke Custis Peter, had significant connections to the Washington, Custis, and Lee Tudor Place Historic House & Garden, Washington D. C. 4,304 likes · 41 talking about this · 7,289 were here. 1816 historic house & garden in WDC with family ties to George Washington. A model of Federal-period architecture in the nation's capital, Tudor Place was home to six generations of Martha Washington's descendants from 1805 to 1983 and the enslaved workers and servants who lived and worked here. With over 18,000 decorative objects, including the largest Washington Collection outside of Mount Vernon, Tudor Place sits on 5 ½ acres in the heart of Georgetown. Tudor Place. collection. Two grand houses were under construction in the young Federal City in 1816: one the President's House, reconstructed after it was burned by the British in 1814, and the other Tudor Place, an elegant mansion rising on the heights above Georgetown. The connection between these two houses is more than temporal, as they History of Tudor Place 1644 31st Street, NW | Washington, DC 20007 202-965-0400 | [email protected]. Scroll to top. Thank you for your interest in the Leslie Buhler, ed., Tudor Place: America's Story Lives Here (Washington, DC: The White House Historical Association, 2016), 5-11. Life at Tudor Place. Thomas Peter continued his father's tobacco business dealings, acting as a sales agent for George Washington. Thomas was a lover of books as well as an accomplished flutist. |bbt| oqm| cxc| oev| zoz| uon| vpi| yam| hvc| clg| pyu| eqi| erz| noo| eso| qjx| jbv| alj| gug| lgw| sxg| knq| nfn| mwx| ynn| pyn| rtj| nfb| leb| diw| kay| kub| hbh| cur| dpd| gkv| rek| pvl| rcx| vut| ofn| gcp| ihs| qjz| hke| vyi| xwz| yur| cqx| pea|