Dupont Circle in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Patterson House

Historic Site, Washington, DC

— 15 Dupont Circle, NW —

Patterson House Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, October 16, 2018

1. Patterson House Marker

Caption: (right) Elizabeth Blair Lee, oil portrait by Thomas Sully, 1840.

Inscription. The Washington Club has occupied this Italian neoclassical mansion since 1951. Elizabeth Blair Lee (1818-1906), daughter of presidential advisor Francis Preston Blair, established the club in 1891 for women interested in literary, social, and educational activities. Wartime Washington is a collection of Lee's accounts of daily live during the Civil War.

Stanford White of the architectural firm McKim. Mead & White completed this mansion in 1903 for Chicago Tribune editor Robert Wilson Patterson and his wife Elinor. In the summer of 1927, the house served as a temporary White House for President and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge. The Patterson's daughter Eleanor "Cissy" Medill Patterson, publisher of the Washington Times-Herald, willed the house to the American Red Cross, from whom The Washington Club purchased it.

Listed in the DC Inventory of Historic Sites, 1964, and the National Register of Historic Places, 1972.

Erected by Cultural Tourism DC, DCCA.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Notable Buildings • Women.

Location. 38° 54.586′ N, 77° 2.547′ W. Marker is in Northwest

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Washington in Washington, District of Columbia. It is in Dupont Circle. Marker is at the intersection of Dupont Circle Northwest and P Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on Dupont Circle Northwest. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 15 Dupont Circle Northwest, Washington DC 20036, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Sulgrave Club / Wadsworth House (within shouting distance of this marker); Samuel Francis Du Pont (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Andrew Mellon Building (about 300 feet away); HYBYCOZO (about 300 feet away); The mansion at 1801 Massachusetts Ave. (about 300 feet away); St. Thomas' Parish Park (about 400 feet away); Woman's National Democratic Club (about 400 feet away); You are standing at the heart (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Northwest Washington.

Also see . . . Washington Club to dissolve after sale of the Patterson Mansion - Washington Business Journal. The long and storied road for The Washington Club, one of the District's oldest women's social clubs, is coming to an end following the sale of its historic Patterson Mansion headquarters for $20 million earlier this week. The club, with a declining membership of less than 100, plans to file its articles of dissolution... (Submitted on October 28, 2018, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.)

Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, October 16, 2018

2. Patterson House Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 28, 2018, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 299 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 28, 2018, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.