Tudor Place: America's Story Lives Here

Stated First Edition with full number line. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; very minor wear to edges of boards; photos, illustrations and text also very good. Unclipped dust jacket in VG condition, arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges will apply for international shipping. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

From Publisher:

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.

Product Info

ISBN: 1931917566

ISBN-13: 9781931917568

Publisher: White House Historical Association

Year: 2016

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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