Ashburton House
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Ashburton House
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| Location: | 1525 H St., NW., Washington, D.C. |
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| Coordinates: | 38°54′1″N 77°2′9″W / 38.90028°N 77.03583°WCoordinates: 38°54′1″N 77°2′9″W / 38.90028°N 77.03583°W |
| Built: | 1836[1] |
| Architect: | Matthew St. Glair Clarke |
| Architectural style: | No Style Listed |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 73002071 |
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| Added to NRHP: | November 7, 1973[2] |
| Designated NHL: | November 7, 1973[3] |
Ashburton House, also known as St. John's Church Parish House or British Legation, is a house on Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C..
It was the site of 10 months of U.S.-British negotiations leading to the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842. This settled U.S.-Canada border disputes and ended the Aroostook War.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973.[3][4]
[edit] References
- ^ http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/73002071.pdf
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b "Ashburton House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1397&ResourceType=Building. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
- ^ Benjamin Levy and Paul Ghioto (April 13, 1973). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: St. John's Church Parish House / Ashburton House (British Legation)PDF (32 KB). National Park Service and Accompanying three photos, exterior and interior, from 1973PDF (32 KB)
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- St. John's Church, Ashburton House, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC: 1 photo, 1 data page, at Historic American Building Survey
- Ashburton House on Google Street View
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