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Newton D. Baker House
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| Location: | 3017 N St., NW, Washington, D.C. |
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| Built: | 1794 |
| Architect: | Beall,Thomas |
| Architectural style: | No Style Listed |
| Governing body: | Private. Is currently owned by Yolande Fox & her daughter Dolly Fox since 1975 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 76002126 |
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| Added to NRHP: | December 8, 1976[1] |
| Designated NHL: | December 8, 1976[2] |
Newton D. Baker House, also known as Jacqueline Kennedy House, is a house built in 1794 in Washington, D.C.. It was home of Newton D. Baker, who was Secretary of War, during 1916-1920, while "he presided over America's mass mobilization of men and material in World War I.[3]
After the assassination of president John F. Kennedy in 1963, Jacqueline Kennedy purchased the house and lived here for about a year.[3]
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.[2][3]
The house has many architectural details including "a wide limestone stairway", "pink-painted lintels with keystones", "brick voussoirs", "Doric pilasters", and a "semi-elliptical fanlight".[3]
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