Front:
Octagon House, Washington, D. C., built in 1798.
Occupied by President Madison when the
White House was burned by the
British in 1814
Back:
PUB. BY W. B. GARRISON, WASHINGTON, D. C.
was
No. 522.-The Octagon House at the corner of
18th St. and New York Ave., Washington, D. C.,
is famous as the temporary White House,
occupied by President James Madison after the
British burned the White House in 1914, and the
Treaty of Ghent, which closed our second war
with England, was signed within it It was,
built in 1798 by Col. John Tayloe, among whose M
most frequent guests was George Washington
The interior is elaborately finished. The originat
mantels, windows and doors are in an excellent
state of preservation, and two old cast iron pod
stoves still stand in the niches prepared for them
in the vestibule. It is now the permanent office
of The American Institute of Architects.
Gard
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Mr. L. Clarke
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New York City
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