Laird-Dunlop House

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The Laird-Dunlop House, an historic mansion in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C. The house stands at 3014 N Street N.W.

Contents 1 Design 2 History 2.1 Original owner 2.2 Robert Todd Lincoln 2.3 Benjamin C. Bradlee

[edit] Design

The house is tripartite, with a central block set between eastern and western wings. As it stands today, the house would be considered Victorian or Colonial Revival in design, with red brick, arched windows on the first floor, and a course or line of horizontal brownstone breaking up the facade.

[edit] History

[edit] Original owner

The central block of the house, or some section thereof, was originally built in 1790 by one of Georetown's richest men, John Laird, the owner of a tobacco warehouse. It was inherited by his son-in-law Judge Dunlop.

[edit] Robert Todd Lincoln

The house was purchased in 1915 by Robert Todd Lincoln, the son of President Abraham Lincoln He lived there until his death in 1926.

[edit] Benjamin C. Bradlee

Benjamin C. Bradlee, the famous editor at the Washington Post during the Watergate era, purchased the house in 1983.