The Maples, 630 South Carolina Avenue Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Summary
Significance: Maple Square:
When George Washington with his architect-engineer, Major l'Enfant, was planning the capitol of the young republic, the site of "Maple Square was occupied by a pioneer log cabin. At this time, 1796, William N. Duncanson, a wealthy tobacco planter bought a large tract of land including the old log cabin in its Maple grove, and built the original portion of the present house, also the interesting out-buildings and slave quarters.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1
Survey number: HABS DC-10-5
Building/structure dates: 1795- 1796 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1856 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1871 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1936 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73002086
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