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Woodrow Wilson House

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  • he only U.S. president's house (in D.C.) fully preserved in its original state is a favorite place to take friends and family when they come visit. It is in the Kalorama ... from citysearch.com

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  • discount: Fifty percent discount on regular public tours: one adult for individual Members; two adults and all children under 18 years of age in the immediate family for all other Members. Discount does not apply to other programs and cannot be combined with other offers.
  • more detail url: http://washington.org/visiting/browse-dc/attractions
  • neighborhood: Dupont Circle - Kalorama
  • attraction type: Historical Buildings
  • certified local government: NO
  • condition: The Woodrow Wilson House received a Save America's Treasures matching grant in 2001 for $150,000. This grant helped support an exterior envelope restoration completed in 2004. The structure is now in good condition.
  • county: District of Columbia County
  • current use/information: House Museum; www.woodrowwilsonhouse.org.
  • date: 2004
  • national register number: 66000873
  • offers public access: True
  • owership: Private
  • priority: Satisfactory
  • property type: Domestic - single dwelling
  • statement of significance: Thomas Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), the twenty-eighth president of the United States, spent his last years (1921-24) here as a semi-invalid, weakened by a stroke and his fight for the League of Nations. The house contains memorabilia associated with the lives of the Wilsons.
  • resource type: Building
  • collection: The remarkable collection offers the visitor unique insights into the personality of one of America's greatest leaders. On display are objects from the White House, family items, memorablia, and elaborate gifts of state from around the world.
  • topics: history, American, presidents, presidential, century, 20th, district of columbia, historic homes
  • era: 1921
  • more info link: http://stepintoplaces.com/Resource%20Guide/Specialty/Specialty%20Index.htm
  • nature of group or site: Government
  • primary focus: President
  • type of resource: Specialty Museum
  • editorial review: Our Review Historical importance: This Georgian Revival mansion near Embassy Row is where the 28th president, Woodrow Wilson, spent the last three years of his life and where he died Feb. 3, 1924. He never recovered from a stroke in 1919 that left him paralyzed on his left side and blind in that...
  • event type: Historic Site
  • metro: Dupont Circle (Red Line)
  • neighbourhood: Dupont Circle
  • num of readers ratings: 0
  • keywords: cultural, history, indoor, Landmark/Attraction, Nature, science
  • accredited status: Accredited