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Cleveland Abbe House
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| Location: | 2017 I Street, NW, Washington, D.C. |
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| Built: | 1802 |
| Architect: | Timothy Caldwell |
| Architectural style: | Federal |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 69000289 |
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| Added to NRHP: | March 24, 1969[1] |
| Designated NHL: | May 15, 1975[2] |
The Cleveland Abbe House, also known as Timothy Caldwell House, Monroe-Adams-Abbe House, Cleveland Abbe House or the Arts Club of Washington, is a historic house in Washington, D.C.. It is located at 2017 I Street NW.
Timothy Caldwell built the house around 1802 to 1805. James Monroe lived there from 1811 to September 1817. British legation occupied the building in the 1820s. Henry Adams lived here with his parents, Charles Francis Adams Sr., and Abigail Brooks, in 1860 to 1861.[3] Cleveland Abbe, founder of the U.S. Weather Bureau, lived here from 1877 to 1909. In 1916, the Arts Club of Washington purchased the building. [4]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Arts Club of Washington in 1969.[1]
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1975.[2][5]
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