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Kirkwood House (Washington, D.C.)
Kirkwood House was a 19th-century building in Washington, D.C., located at the northeast corner of the intersection of 12th Street W and Pennsylvania Avenue. Opened in 1848, it was initially called Fuller House, and then the Irving Hotel, before becoming known as the Kirkwood House in 1854. Kirkwood House was the site of the inauguration of Andrew Johnson as President of the United States following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. The building was demolished in 1874. History An inn stood at the site that became Kirkwood House as early as the 1820s. The building that became Kirkwood House was designed for Azariah Fuller by architect John Haviland and opened to the public on December 1, 1847. A. and E. H. Fuller had previously operated a Fuller's Hotel at 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue. The name was shortly thereafter changed to Irving House or the Irving Hotel. In 1849, Millard Fillmore and his family were to stay at the Irving Hotel after leaving the White House ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Kirkwood may refer to: Locations Antarctica * Kirkwood Islands, string of islands near Antarctica * Kirkwood Range, massive coastal mountain chain in Antarctica * Mount Kirkwood, mountain in Antarctica Australia * Kirkwood, Queensland, a locality in the Gladstone Region Canada *Kirkwood, New Brunswick, Canada South Africa * Kirkwood, Eastern Cape, a town in South Africa United Kingdom * Kirkwood, Coatbridge, a neighbourhood in Coatbridge, Scotland *Kirkwood Estate, East Ayrshire, in Scotland United States * Kirkwood, California, in Alpine and Amador Counties in the state of California * Kirkwood, Glenn County, California, in Glenn County in the state of California * Kirkwood Mountain Resort, mountain resort in the state of California * Kirkwood, Delaware, in the state of Delaware * Kirkwood (Atlanta), in the city of Atlanta, in the state of Georgia * Kirkwood, Illinois, in the state of Illinois *Kirkwood, Kansas * Kirkwood, Missouri, in the state of Missouri * Kirkwood, New J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buildings And Structures Completed In 1848
A building, or edifice, is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place, such as a house or factory (although there's also portable buildings). Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for a wide number of factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, prestige, and aesthetic reasons. To better understand the term ''building'' compare the list of nonbuilding structures. Buildings serve several societal needs – primarily as shelter from weather, security, living space, privacy, to store belongings, and to comfortably live and work. A building as a shelter represents a physical division of the human habitat (a place of comfort and safety) and the ''outside'' (a place that at times may be harsh and harmful). Ever since the first cave paintings, buildings have also become objects or canvasses of much art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
