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The Woodrow Wilson House was the residence of the twenty-eighth President of the United States,
Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856February 3, 1924) was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of ...
after he left office. It is at 2340 S Street NW just off Washington, D.C.'s
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. On February 3, 1924, Wilson died in an upstairs bedroom. It was designated a
National Historic Landmark A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance. Only some 2,500 (~3%) of over 90,000 places listed ...
in 1964. and   The National Trust for Historic Preservation owns the house and operates it as a museum.


History

The house was built by Henry Fairbanks in 1915 on a design by prominent masonic Washington architect Waddy Wood. President Woodrow Wilson bought it in the last months of his second term as President of the United States as a gift to his wife,
Edith Bolling Wilson Edith Wilson ( Bolling, formerly Galt; October 15, 1872 – December 28, 1961) was the first lady of the United States from 1915 to 1921 and the second wife of President Woodrow Wilson. She married the widower Wilson in December 1915, during hi ...
. He presented her the deed in December 1920, although he had never seen the house. The former president and his wife moved into the home on
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, which in 1921 was March 4 (not the current date of January 20). Wilson made several modifications to the house, including a
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, stacks for his library of over 8,000 books, and a one-story brick garage. It was from the balcony of the house that Wilson addressed a crowd on November 11, 1923, as his last public appearance. While the Wilsons had few guests, former
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and former
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did visit the ailing former president there. After Wilson's death in 1924, Edith Wilson lived there until her death on December 28, 1961. She hosted First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy for a brunch in the formal dining room. Edith bequeathed the property and all of its original furnishings to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. In the years since President Wilson's death visitors and staff of this house and several others built by Wood in the DC area have reported seeing or hearing what they believed to be ghosts.


See also

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References


External links


National Park Service site on Woodrow Wilson House


* ttp://www.woodrowwilsonhouse.org National Trust site for Woodrow Wilson House {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Woodrow House Houses completed in 1915 Woodrow Wilson Presidential homes in the United States Historic house museums in Washington, D.C. National Historic Landmarks in Washington, D.C. Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. Colonial Revival architecture in Washington, D.C. Georgian Revival architecture in Washington, D.C. Presidential museums in Washington, D.C. National Trust for Historic Preservation