Peter Parker House
- Style
- Renaissance Revival
- City
- Washington, DC
Built in 1860 as one of a row of modest brick houses on Jackson Place, the Peter Parker House takes its name from an early resident, medical missionary Peter Parker. It gained wider significance as headquarters of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace from the organization's 1910 founding until 1948, a role that earned the house National Historic Landmark status in 1974. It is now incorporated into the Blair House complex, which hosts the President's official visitors.
the building
Entrance and facade. Three stories and three bays wide, the house is crowned by an elaborate projecting wooden cornice. Its entrance sits in the rightmost bay, reached by a low flight of stairs and framed by a sandstone segmental-arch pediment with brackets; sandstone also forms the window sills, lintels, and corner quoining.
Facing Lafayette Square. The house stands at the southern end of Jackson Place, presenting its side to Pennsylvania Avenue directly across from Lafayette Square.
the style
Cataloged as Renaissance Revival, the house is described as one of a series of modest Italianate row houses built of brick, its detailing concentrated in the wooden cornice and the sandstone trim around the entrance and windows.
More on Renaissance Revivalsignificance
Declared a National Historic Landmark in 1974 for its association with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the house is now part of the Blair House complex that hosts high-profile official visitors to Washington.
nearby
- Blair House (Blair-Lee House; President's Guest House)
- Renwick Gallery (Old Corcoran Gallery)
- American Peace Society house
- Decatur House
- Eisenhower Executive Office Building
- Winder Building