Tudor Place : America's story lives here
2016
975.3 T912 2016
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Title
Tudor Place : America's story lives here
Edition
1st ed.
Published
Washington, D.C. : The White House Historical Association, 2016.
Description
xv, 288 p. : colored ill., colored maps, ports. (some col.), plans, colored facisms. ; 29 cm.
Call Number
975.3 T912 2016
System Control No.
(OCoLC)936003774
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-273) and index.
Contents: An Introduction to Tudor Place -- The Custis-Peter Family of Georgetown / Leslie L. Buhler -- An Architectural History of Tudor Place / William C. Allen -- The Landscape of Tudor Place / Patricia Marie O'Donnell -- Living at Tudor Place / Erin Kuykendall and Leslie L. Buhler -- The Washington Collection -- Highlights of the Tudor Place Archive -- Notes -- Sources and Resources -- Catalog of Illustrated Objects -- Index -- Contributors.
L2017M44
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 connection between these two houses is more than temporal, as they 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. In 1817, when President James Monroe moved back into the reconstructed President's House following the fire of 1814, the Peters were completing their own grand home, Tudor Place, designed in concert with their friend, Dr. William Thornton, architect for the first U.S. Capitol Building. The White House and Tudor Place each represent the spirit and aspirations of the early Republic. Little more than two miles apart, each survives as a national architectural landmark. While the White House is perhaps the most well known building in the world, Tudor Place remained a family home until 1983 and very private, although the Peters welcomed some of the nation's foremost leaders as their guests and were themselves guests at the White House.
Contents: An Introduction to Tudor Place -- The Custis-Peter Family of Georgetown / Leslie L. Buhler -- An Architectural History of Tudor Place / William C. Allen -- The Landscape of Tudor Place / Patricia Marie O'Donnell -- Living at Tudor Place / Erin Kuykendall and Leslie L. Buhler -- The Washington Collection -- Highlights of the Tudor Place Archive -- Notes -- Sources and Resources -- Catalog of Illustrated Objects -- Index -- Contributors.
L2017M44
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 connection between these two houses is more than temporal, as they 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. In 1817, when President James Monroe moved back into the reconstructed President's House following the fire of 1814, the Peters were completing their own grand home, Tudor Place, designed in concert with their friend, Dr. William Thornton, architect for the first U.S. Capitol Building. The White House and Tudor Place each represent the spirit and aspirations of the early Republic. Little more than two miles apart, each survives as a national architectural landmark. While the White House is perhaps the most well known building in the world, Tudor Place remained a family home until 1983 and very private, although the Peters welcomed some of the nation's foremost leaders as their guests and were themselves guests at the White House.
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