United States Daughters of 1812, National Headquarters

1461 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Washington, District Of Columbia. County/parish: District of Columbia.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 12, 1997. NRIS 97001469.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Admiral John Henry Upshur House

From Wikipedia:

United States Daughters of 1812, National Headquarters

The United States Daughters of 1812, National Headquarters, also known as the Admiral John Henry Upshur House, is a Victorian Queen Anne building from 1884 which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was commissioned by near-retirement American admiral John Henry Upshur for architectural design by Frederick C. Withers and was constructed by builders Langley & Gettinger in 1884.

It was later divided into three apartments.

The United States Daughters of 1812 organization bought the building in 1928 for $31,214.44 and has used it since. Its NRHP nomination notes some irony in the historic organization's choice of a Victorian-style residence.: 5 

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/117692580

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