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| - | *Gadsby's Tavern, Alexandria. Jefferson stayed here on the occasion of a celebration in his honor in March 1801. This site is now a museum.<ref>Office of Historic Alexandria. [http://oha.alexandriava.gov/gadsby/ "Gadsby's Tavern Museum Homepage."]</ref> | + | *Gadsby's Tavern, 134 North Royal Street, Alexandria. Jefferson stayed here on the occasion of a celebration in his honor in March 1801.<ref>[[Short Title List|''MB'']], 1032.</ref> This site is now a museum.<ref>Office of Historic Alexandria. [http://oha.alexandriava.gov/gadsby/ "Gadsby's Tavern Museum Homepage."]</ref> |
| + | *The Octagon, residence of John Tayloe, 1741 New York Avenue NW. Tayloe was not a particular friend of Jefferson's, but they did know each other.<ref>[[Short Title List|''MB'']], 1235.</ref> The Octagon is now the headquarters of the American Architectural Foundation.<ref>American Architectural Foundation. [http://www.archfoundation.org/octagon/ "The Octagon Museum."] | ||
| + | *Christ Church, near Navy Yard (622 G Street, SE). In 1807, the vestry reserved Pew No. 42 for President Jefferson, who responded with thanks, but noted that it would have been "extremely pleasing to have continued a member of their congregation and to have availed myself of their kind offer, had the distance of the new building permitted it." "This | ||
| + | single circumstance obliging me to decline it,I1 he added, "1 | ||
| + | take the liberty of mentioning it to you, that the pew may | ||
| + | not remain unoc~upied~(T~J to Henry Ingle, 6 Nov. 1807, | ||
| + | CSmH) | ||
| + | ** The Gate, Navy Yard (8th and M, SE): TJ certainly had frequent | ||
| + | business with the Navy Yard as President, and it seems | ||
| + | probable he would have been in this building at some time. | ||
| + | Kalorama, residence of Joel Barlow. TJ is said to have | ||
| + | visited Barlow to advise on his landscaping and orchards. | ||
| + | ** Sydney, residence of Samuel Harrison and Margaret Bayard | ||
| + | Smith, good friends and colleagues of TJ. This was their | ||
| + | country residence. It is now subsumed in St. Thomas' Hall | ||
| + | at Catholic University. Probable that TJ was there at some | ||
| + | point. | ||
| + | ** Theodore Roosevelt (Analostan) Island. TJ went there | ||
| + | several times, both to visit its owner John Mason and to | ||
| + | enjoy the farm and gardens. | ||
| + | ** Uriah Forrest house, 3350 M Street, NW. TJ was there in 1791. | ||
| + | Notley Young House (G Street between 9th and loth, SW), | ||
| + | demolished 1856. TJ was here in 1791. | ||
| + | ** Quality Hill (Prospect and 35th Streets, NW). No idea | ||
| + | whether TJ was ever there, but he did know John Thomson | ||
| + | Mason, its owner until 1807. | ||
| + | First Baptist Church, 19 and I, NW. TJ probably was never in | ||
| + | it, but he did contribute $50 toward it. | ||
| + | Washington Theater, 11th and C, NW. Burned in 1821. TJ | ||
| + | attended plays here. | ||
| + | Suterrs Tavern, Wisconsin Street between M and Water, now | ||
| + | gone. TJ often stayed here going to and from Philadelphia. | ||
| + | Fountain Tavern, Royal Street, Alexandria. TJ often stayed | ||
| + | here. | ||
| + | David Shoemaker's house on F Street. Site of TJ's sitting | ||
| + | for portrait by Saint-Memin. | ||
| + | Long's Hotel, site of inaugural ball given for James Madison. | ||
| + | TJ was there. Where was hotel? | ||
| + | Pontius Stellets hotels at various Washington locations. TJ | ||
| + | was probably in most of them at one time or another, | ||
| + | although no specific references have been found. Stellers | ||
| + | hotels in TJts presidency were on A Street, then Carroll Row | ||
| + | on 1st Street. | ||
| + | LCStanton, Monticello Research Center, iii.94 | ||
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| + | ==Footnotes== | ||
| + | <references/> | ||
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| + | ==Further Sources== | ||
| + | *Eberlein, Harold D. and Cortlandt V. D. Hubbard. [http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=387 ''Historic Houses of George-town and Washington City'']. Richmond: Dietz Press, 1958. | ||
| + | *Scott, Pamela. [http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/adecenter/essays/Scott.html "Residential Architecture of Washington, D.C. and Its Suburbs."] | ||
| + | Library of Congress, Center for Architecture, Design and Engineering. | ||
Revision as of 09:15, 7 October 2009
Sites Associated with Thomas Jefferson
- Gadsby's Tavern, 134 North Royal Street, Alexandria. Jefferson stayed here on the occasion of a celebration in his honor in March 1801.[1] This site is now a museum.[2]
- The Octagon, residence of John Tayloe, 1741 New York Avenue NW. Tayloe was not a particular friend of Jefferson's, but they did know each other.[3] The Octagon is now the headquarters of the American Architectural Foundation.[4]
