Dupont Circle
— Diverse Visions / One Neighborhood —
From 1890 to 1910, some of the nation's finest architects built mansions at or near Dupont Circle in Queen Anne, Richardsonian Romanesque, Italian Renaissance or Colonial Revival style. Wealthy couples living elsewhere built most of the early mansions. They sought a home in DC for the social season - January to April - because of a desire to socialize with the presidents, members of Congress, and foreign diplomats (especially if there was a daughter to marry off), and a realization that social status lacking at home could be attained here through lavish entertainment. The Phillips Collection (1600 21st St.), a partial exception, was built by a young family from Pittsburgh who felt the air was better here. During the years 1916-1920, Lucy Mercer visited her divorced mother at the Decatur Apartments (2131 Florida Ave.), while Lucy's "good friend," Franklin D. Roosevelt, lived around the corner (2131 R St., left). At 2122 Florida Ave., the "horse door" on the right once led to a stables where in the 1850s African Americans fleeing the South - travelers on the Underground Railroad - could hide while awaiting passage further north.HM Number | HM1OH0 |
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Marker Number | 336 |
Placed By | Art on Call |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Wednesday, October 7th, 2015 at 9:03pm PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 322544 N 4309074 |
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Decimal Degrees | 38.91265000, -77.04673333 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 38° 54.759', W 77° 2.804' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 38° 54' 45.54" N, 77° 2' 48.24" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 202 |
Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling North |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 2101 R St NW, Washington DC 20008, US |
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