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HERE WERE THE LOTS ACQUIRED ON OCTOBER 3, 1798 BY GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON AND ON WHICH HE BUILT TWO BRICK DWELLINGS FROM DESIGNS BY DR. WILLIAM THORNTON. A DWELLING REMODELED FROM THE TWO DWELLINGS WAS OWNED AND OCCUPIED BY ADMIRAL CHARLES WILKES THE FAMOUS EXPLORER.

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Related subjects: Revolutionary War; US Presidents; George Washington
Location: Constitution & Delaware Aves NW Washington, D.C. Union Station

Nearest Metro: Union Station(Red) (click station name for all sculptures nearby) (dcMem ID #80 )

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'Who is That Man Anyway?' on Washington's houses
Wikipedia article on Washington
Architect of the Capitol website on Thornton(24)
Wikipedia article on Thornton
Wikipedia article on Charles Wilkes
Arlington Cemetary website on Wilkes
Architect of the Capitol website on the houses
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Union Station Plaza: WASHINGTON, George; Plaque marking houses in Washington, D.C.

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