Cleveland Abbe House

Significant dates

Arts Club of Washington
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark


Location	2017 I Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
Coordinates	38°54′5.2″N 77°2′46.2″W / 38.901444°N 77.046167°W / 38.901444; -77.046167Coordinates: 38°54′5.2″N 77°2′46.2″W / 38.901444°N 77.046167°W / 38.901444; -77.046167
Built	1802
Architect	Timothy Caldwell
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP Reference #	69000289
Added to NRHP	March 24, 1969^[1]
Designated NHL	May 15, 1975^[2]

The Cleveland Abbe House, also known as Timothy Caldwell House, Monroe-Adams-Abbe House, Cleveland Abbe House or the Arts Club of Washington, is a historic house in Washington, D.C.. It is located at 2017 I Street NW.

History

Timothy Caldwell built the house around 1802 to 1805. James Monroe lived there from 1811 to 1817. From his inauguration as America's fifth President in March 1817 until the White House was fully restored in September 1817, the Cleveland Abbe House served as the Presidential residence.^[3] British legation occupied the building in the 1820s. Henry Adams lived here with his parents, Charles Francis Adams Sr., and Abigail Brooks, in 1860 to 1861.^[4] Cleveland Abbe, founder of the U.S. Weather Bureau, lived here from 1877 to 1909. In 1916, the Arts Club of Washington purchased the building. ^[5]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Arts Club of Washington in 1969.^[1]

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1975.^[2]^[6]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 "Abbe, Cleveland House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
↑ http://artsclubofwashington.org/history-2/
↑ DC Writer's Homes - An Online Guide to Where Authors Lived in the Greater Washington DC Region
↑ Abbe House (Arts Club of Washington)
↑ James Sheire (February 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Timothy Caldwell House—Monroe-Adams-Abbe House / Arts Club Building" (pdf). National Park Service. and Accompanying photos, exterior, from 1971 and 1975. (1.26 MB)

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External links

Cleveland Abbe House, NHL summary at the National Park Service
Abbe House (Arts Club of Washington), NRHP Travel itinerary listing at the National Park Service
Cleveland Abbe House on Google Street View
Arts Club of Washington, History of the Cleveland Abbe House, which is called the Monroe House by the Club, is available.

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