Mount Pleasant in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
The Oldest House
Village in the City
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Ingleside, the grand house to your left, once anchored a 139-acre estate. Thomas Ustick Walter (1804-1887), architect of portions of the U.S. Capitol, designed Ingleside in 1851. Today it is Mount Pleasant's oldest structure.
New York Congressman Hiram Walbridge bought Ingleside in 1854, and his family kept it for more than 30 years. Hiram's stepdaughter Helen and her attorney husband, George Corkhill, occupied the house. Corkhill became famous as the prosecutor of President James Garfield's assassin in 1881.
In 1889 the Walbridge heirs sold the house and some acreage. When Frank Noyes, the powerful editor of Washington's most important newspaper, the Evening Star, bought the house, an alley ran where the front lawn had been. So Noyes switched the front for the back. Later the Presbyterian Home for Aged Women and then Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home occupied Ingleside.
On this block are two houses that were jacked up and moved here in 1902-1903, when the city extended 16th Street. The owners of 1821 relocated it from what is now the intersection of 15th, 156th, and Irving streets. The house at 1886 came from the northeast corner of 16th and Park.
In 1913 art dealer and real estate speculator Fred C. Hayes constructed 1833, 1835, and 1837 Newton Street (still owned by the family
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Erected 2006 by Cultural Tourism DC. (Marker Number 8.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Settlements & Settlers • War, World I. In addition, it is included in the Mount Pleasant Heritage Trail series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1851.
Location. 38° 56.056′ N, 77° 2.569′ W. Marker is in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia. It is in Mount Pleasant. It is on Newton Street Northwest 0.1 miles east of 19th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1849 Newton St NW, Washington DC 20010, 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 the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Twenty-seven Little Flags (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Nacotchtank Family at the Piney Branch Quarry, ca. 1600 (about 500 feet away); Defying the Restrictive Covenants (about 700 feet away); Changing Fashions (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Czech Row (approx. 0.2 miles away); War and Peace
Another marker is no longer nearby. Czech Row (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
More about this marker. As of 12/8/2024 the marker is placed backwards, as the Ingleside House is to the right and not to the left as the marker indicates. It is at 1818 Newton Street Northwest and is still the Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home. Perhaps the original plan had the marker closer to the original location of Ingleside.
Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, December 8, 2024
4. Ingleside
The building is currently the Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home and is at 1818 Newton Street Northwest. As the marker notes, this was originally the rear of the building.
Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, December 8, 2024
5. Ingleside
This view of Ingleside is from the alley just south of Newton Street. This was originally the front of the building. It is interesting to compare this view to the marker's reverse.
Credits. This page was last revised on December 9, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 31, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 655 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 31, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 4, 5. submitted on December 9, 2024, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia.
