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:
The Octagon House at the corner of 18th St.
and New York Ave., Washington, D. C., is famous
as the temporary White House. It was occupied
by President James Madison after the British
burned the White House in 1814, and the Treaty
of Ghent which closed our second war with Eng-
land, was signed within it. It was built in 1798
by Col. John Tayloe among whose most frequent
guests was Geo. Washington. The interior is
elaborately finished. The original mantéls, windows,
, ,
and doors are in an excellent state of preservation,
and two old cast iron wood stoves still stand in
the niches prepared for them in the vestibule.
It is now the permanent office of The American
Institute of Architects.
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Pub. by W. B. Garrison, Inc., Washington, D. C.
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