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Woodrow Wilson House (Washington, D.C.)

Historic house in Washington, D.C., United States

Field	Value
name	Woodrow Wilson House
nrhp_type	nhl
image	Woodrow Wilson House - Washington, D.C.jpg
caption	The Woodrow Wilson House in November 2020
location	2340 S St., NW
Washington, D.C., U.S.
coordinates
locmapin	United States Washington, D.C.
built	1915
architect	Waddy Butler Wood
architecture	Georgian Revival
added	October 15, 1966
designated_nrhp_type	July 19, 1964
area	less than 1 acre
refnum	66000873

Washington, D.C., U.S. The Woodrow Wilson House was the residence of the 28th president of the United States, Woodrow Wilson after he left office. It is at 2340 S Street NW just off Washington, D.C.'s Embassy Row, and it's located in the Sheridan-Kalorama Historic District. On February 3, 1924, Wilson died in an upstairs bedroom. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964. The National Trust for Historic Preservation owns the house and operates it as a museum.

History

The house was built by Henry Fairbanks in 1915 on a design by prominent masonic Washington architect Waddy Wood. President Woodrow Wilson bought it in the last months of his second term as President of the United States as a gift to his wife, Edith Bolling Wilson. He presented her the deed in December 1920, although he had never seen the house. The former president and his wife moved into the home on Inauguration Day, which in 1921 was March 4 (not the current date of January 20). Wilson made several modifications to the house, including a billiard room, stacks for his library of over 8,000 books, and a one-story brick garage.

It was from the balcony of the house that Wilson addressed a crowd on November 11, 1923, as his last public appearance. While the Wilsons had few guests, former British Prime Minister David Lloyd George and former French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau visited the ailing former president at the house. Woodrow typically met guests at exactly 3:30 pm in his library, which was outfitted with a fireplace and tufted furniture.

After Wilson's death in 1924, many of the books inside the house were donated to the Library of Congress. Edith Wilson lived in the residence until her death on December 28, 1961. She hosted First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy for a brunch in the formal dining room. Edith bequeathed the property and all of its original furnishings to the National Trust for Historic Preservation upon her death.

References

"Woodrow Wilson House". National Park Service.
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"National Park Service – The Presidents (Wilson House)". Nps.gov.
(March 17, 1977). ["National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Woodrow Wilson House"]({{NHLS url). National Park Service}} and {{NHLS url.
(June 25, 2024). "Five Personal Libraries at National Trust Historic Sites". National Trust for Historic Preservation.

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