Tudor Place America's Story Lives Here 2016 Hardcover Book

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Released to mark the bicentennial of Tudor Place, this new title is the first comprehensive record of this important National … Read more Released to mark the bicentennial of Tudor Place, this new title is the first comprehensive record of this important National Historic Landmark in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. 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 two houses were connected through lineage and politics for generations. The builders of Tudor Place were Thomas and Martha Parke Custis Peter, Martha Washington’s granddaughter. In the 1790s George Washington had been a frequent guest at the Peters’ town house when he was in the nascent Federal City, attending to its planning and selecting sites for the U.S. Capitol and the President’s House.

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-Title: Tudor Place: America's Story Lives Here
-Author: William Allen
-Year Published: 2016
-Approx. Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.25 x 11.5
-288 pages
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