Morris House (Washington, D.C.)

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Morris House
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Location4001 Linnean Drive, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia
Coordinates 38°56′28″N77°3′14″W / 38.94111°N 77.05389°W / 38.94111; -77.05389 Coordinates: 38°56′28″N77°3′14″W / 38.94111°N 77.05389°W / 38.94111; -77.05389
ArchitectPorter and Lockie
Architectural style Jacobethan
NRHP reference # 10000750 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 14, 2011 [2]

The Morris House is an historic building located at 4001 Linnean Drive, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Forest Hills neighborhood, next to Rock Creek Park.

Forest Hills (Washington, D.C.) Place in the United States

Forest Hills is a residential neighborhood in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., United States, bounded by Connecticut Avenue NW to the west, Rock Creek Park to the east, Chevy Chase to the north, and Tilden Street NW to the south. The neighborhood is frequently referred to as Van Ness, both because of its proximity to the University of the District of Columbia (UDC)'s Van Ness campus, and because it is served by the Van Ness–UDC station on the Washington Metro's Red Line.

Rock Creek Park Urban park in Washington, D.C.

Rock Creek Park is a large urban park that bisects the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. The park was created by an Act of Congress in 1890 and today is administered by the National Park Service. In addition to the park proper, the Rock Creek administrative unit of the National Park Service administers various other federally owned properties in the District of Columbia located to the north and west of the National Mall, including Meridian Hill Park on 16th Street, N.W., the Old Stone House in Georgetown, and certain of the Fort Circle Parks, a series of batteries and forts encircling the District of Columbia for its defense during the U.S. Civil War.

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History

The Jacobethan style house was designed by Porter and Lockie in 1939, for Edgar and Beronica Morris. It is owned by the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Jacobethan 19th-century English style of Renaissance revival architecture

The Jacobethan or Jacobean Revival architectural style is the mixed national Renaissance revival style that was made popular in England from the late 1820s, which derived most of its inspiration and its repertory from the English Renaissance (1550–1625), with elements of Elizabethan and Jacobean.

Democratic Republic of the Congo Country in Central Africa

The Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as DR Congo, the DRC, DROC, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo, is a country located in Central Africa. It is sometimes anachronistically referred to by its former name of Zaire, which was its official name between 1971 and 1997. It is, by area, the largest country in sub-Saharan Africa, the second-largest in all of Africa, and the 11th-largest in the world. With a population of over 78 million, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most populous officially Francophone country, the fourth-most-populous country in Africa, and the 16th-most-populous country in the world. Eastern DR Congo has been the scene of ongoing military conflict in Kivu, since 2015.

It was designated a DC landmark on May 27, 2010. [3] It was assessed at $3,668,860, in 2010.

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Register of Historic Places Listings" . Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2011-11-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)