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Row houses located at 1804–1808 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hampshire_Avenue" class="extiw" title="en:New Hampshire Avenue">New Hampshire Avenue</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest,_Washington,_D.C." class="extiw" title="en:Northwest, Washington, D.C.">N.W.</a>, in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dupont_Circle,_Washington,_D.C." class="extiw" title="en:Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C.">Dupont Circle</a> neighborhood of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C." class="extiw" title="en:Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>

All three buildings are designated as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contributing_property" class="extiw" title="en:Contributing property">contributing properties</a> to the Dupont Circle Historic District, listed on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" class="extiw" title="en:National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a> in 1978.

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current12:16, 7 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 12:16, 7 January 20173,264 × 2,448 (5.01 MB)127.0.0.1 (talk)Row houses located at 1804–1808 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hampshire_Avenue" class="extiw" title="en:New Hampshire Avenue">New Hampshire Avenue</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest,_Washington,_D.C." class="extiw" title="en:Northwest, Washington, D.C.">N.W.</a>, in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dupont_Circle,_Washington,_D.C." class="extiw" title="en:Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C.">Dupont Circle</a> neighborhood of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C." class="extiw" title="en:Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> <ul> <li> 1804 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. <i>(left)</i> – Built in 1896, the home reflects a combination of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Anne_Style_architecture_(United_States)" class="extiw" title="en:Queen Anne Style architecture (United States)">Queen Anne</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richardsonian_Romanesque_architecture" class="extiw" title="en:Richardsonian Romanesque architecture">Richardsonian Romanesque</a> architectural styles. Previous occupants include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shadrach_Knox" class="extiw" title="en:William Shadrach Knox">William S. Knox</a> and Michel O. Dumas <i>(physician, president of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Medical_Association" class="extiw" title="en:National Medical Association">National Medical Association</a>, member of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_University" class="extiw" title="en:Howard University">Howard University</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trustee" class="extiw" title="en:Trustee">board of trustees</a>)</i>.</li> <li> 1806 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. <i>(center)</i> – Built in 1901, the Queen Anne and Richardsonian Romanesque property currently serves as headquarters for the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs. Previous occupants include George Evan Roberts <i>(director of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Mint" class="extiw" title="en:United States Mint">U.S. Mint</a>, president of the Commercial National Bank of Chicago, and author)</i>, John Kerfoot Souther <i>(an artist and member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos_Club" class="extiw" title="en:Cosmos Club">Cosmos Club</a>)</i>, Mary A. Kirkup <i>(an artist)</i>, the Persian National Association of America <i>(headquarters)</i>, the Arab States Delegation <i>(headquarters)</i>, Charles E. Miller <i>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certified_Public_Accountant" class="extiw" title="en:Certified Public Accountant">CPA</a>, banker, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_Liberia" class="extiw" title="en:United States Ambassador to Liberia">U.S. ambassador</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberia" class="extiw" title="en:Liberia">Liberia</a>)</i>, and the Embassy of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia" class="extiw" title="en:Somalia">Somalia</a>.</li> <li> 1808 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. <i>(right)</i> – Built in 1883 for Walter Paris, an architect and artist, the Queen Anne and Richardsonian Romanesque property has operated as the Swann House <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed_and_breakfast" class="extiw" title="en:Bed and breakfast">bed and breakfast</a> since 1996; the <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/innkeeper" class="extiw" title="wikt:innkeeper">innkeepers</a> are Mary Lotto Ross and Rick Verkler. In addition to the original and current owners, previous occupants include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" class="extiw" title="en:Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a> Theodore W. Tyrer, Eva Roberts Cromwell <i>(the widow of Oliver Eaton Cromwell; her marriage to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_T._Stotesbury" class="extiw" title="en:Edward T. Stotesbury">Edward T. Stotesbury</a> in 1912 took place at the New Hampshire Avenue property; wedding guests included <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" class="extiw" title="en:President of the United States">U.S. President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Howard_Taft" class="extiw" title="en:William Howard Taft">William Howard Taft</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Lady_of_the_United_States" class="extiw" title="en:First Lady of the United States">First Lady</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Herron_Taft" class="extiw" title="en:Helen Herron Taft">Helen Herron Taft</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._P._Morgan" class="extiw" title="en:J. P. Morgan">J. P. Morgan</a>)</i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_F._Houston" class="extiw" title="en:David F. Houston">David F. Houston</a>, Edward Philip Farley <i>(chairman of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Shipping_Board" class="extiw" title="en:United States Shipping Board">U.S. Shipping Board</a>)</i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Cummings" class="extiw" title="en:Edith Cummings">Edith Cummings</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_A._Garrett" class="extiw" title="en:George A. Garrett">George A. Garrett</a>, and a large number of residents when the property operated as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boarding_house" class="extiw" title="en:Boarding house">boarding house</a> from the 1940s–1990s.</li> </ul> All three buildings are designated as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contributing_property" class="extiw" title="en:Contributing property">contributing properties</a> to the Dupont Circle Historic District, listed on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" class="extiw" title="en:National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a> in 1978.
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