United States Daughters of 1812, National Headquarters | |
Location: | 1461 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Washington, District of Columbia |
Coordinates: | 38.9083°N -77.0339°W |
Built: | 1884 |
Architect: | Withers, Frederick |
Builder: | Langley & Gettinger |
Architecture: | Queen Anne |
Added: | December 12, 1997 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 97001469 |
The United States Daughters of 1812, National Headquarters, also known as the Admiral John Henry Upshur House, is a Victorian Queen Anne building from 1884 which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was commissioned by near-retirement American admiral John Henry Upshur for architectural design by Frederick C. Withers and was constructed by builders Langley & Gettinger in 1884.
It was later divided into three apartments.
The United States Daughters of 1812 organization bought the building in 1928 for $31,214.44 and has used it since. Its NRHP nomination notes some irony in the historic organization's choice of a Victorian-style residence.[1]