Dupont Circle in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Sulgrave Club ⎯⎯⎯ Wadsworth House
Historic Site, Washington, DC
1801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Photographed by Ray Gurganus, August 11, 2021
1. Sulgrave Club / Wadsworth House Marker
Inscription.
Sulgrave Club, also, Wadsworth House. Historic Site, Washington, DC. The Sulgrave Club has occupied this Beaux-Arts mansion since 1932. Herbert and Martha Wadsworth of western New York State built the house in 1902 as their Washington social season home. Architect George Cary's design included a two-story ballroom, a drive-through entrance for carriages and automobiles, and an internal garage with turntable. During World War I, the Wadsworths lent the house to the American Red Cross. After her husband's death in 1927, Mrs. Wadsworth sold the home to a group of socially prominent women led by Mabel Boardman, a neighbor and national secretary of the Red Cross. They founded the Sulgrave Club for literary, musical, artistic, philanthropic, and social purposes and named it for George Washington's ancestral home in England, commemorating the bicentennial of his 1732 birth.
The Sulgrave Club has occupied this Beaux-Arts mansion since 1932. Herbert and Martha Wadsworth of western New York State built the house in 1902 as their Washington social season home. Architect George Cary's design included a two-story ballroom, a drive-through entrance for carriages and automobiles, and an internal garage with turntable. During World War I, the Wadsworths lent the house to the American Red Cross. After her husband's death in 1927, Mrs. Wadsworth sold the home to a group of socially prominent women led by Mabel Boardman, a neighbor and national secretary of the Red Cross. They founded the Sulgrave Club for literary, musical, artistic, philanthropic, and social purposes and named it for George Washington's ancestral home in England, commemorating the bicentennial of his 1732 birth.
Erected 2017 by Cosmos Club Historic Presentation Foundation and the Dupont Circle Citizens Association.
Marker is in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia. It is in Dupont Circle. It is on Massachusetts Avenue Northwest just west of 18th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1801 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington DC 20036, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Upper South, in the Mid-Atlantic, in the Tidewater, and in the Chesapeake Bay Region. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.
Other markers no longer nearby. HYBYCOZO (was about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line but has been permanently removed); Dupont Circle Mural Key (was about 400 feet away but has been permanently removed).
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 11, 2021, by Ray Gurganus of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 702 times since then and 22 times this year. Photo1. submitted on August 11, 2021, by Ray Gurganus of Washington, District of Columbia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
