Blair House, 1651 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Summary
Significance: The stately residence of Major Gist Blair located in the city of Washington, at 1651 Pennsylvania Avenue, is at once architecturally charming and a veritable treasure house for cultural antiquities. Dr. William Thornton is purported to have been the architect for the original building although to date no documentary proof to support such a supposition is available.
Survey number: HABS DC-45
Building/structure dates: 1824 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: after. 1850- before. 1859 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1860 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000963
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Blair, Gist
Thornton, William
Jandoli, Liz, transmitter
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.89908, -77.03862
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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