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Washington Palaces and Social Life in the Capital
The piece surveys DC’s elite homes near Dupont Circle and along Massachusetts Avenue, detailing resident nobles, former vice presidents, ambassadors, and social gatherings. It notes Morton Cassini’s circle, the Octagon house’s preservation, and Taft era visits, portraying an urban skyline of wealth, hospitality, and public figures amid a mix of stately mansions, charitable work, and advocacy activity.
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United States
Benjanin Harrison
Rhode Island Avenue
Fifteenth
Mr. Morton
Morton
Count’ Qassiai
Russia
Cassini
Merton
Root Toe
Simpson Grant
Grant
Root
John Haya Hammond
Levi_Z. Lesur
Chicago
Washington
Dupont Circle
Alde
Costa
K. M. Patterson
Joseph Medit
Chicago Tribune
Stanford White
Berry K. Thaw
New York City
Patterson
William Boardman
Bie
Wita
Boardmans Ars
Cleveland
Boardman House
Boardman
Fey
Taft-visitevnia Pirey
Boardman's
United
Red Cragg
Sion
District of Columbia
Dolly Madison
White House
Madison
Tagon House
Tayjoe
Stuart
George Wastington
Sixteenth Street
Waslington
Henderson Castle
John Henderson
Henderson
Missouri
Brown &Tone
Biy
Larg Anderson
Nicholas
Longworth
Massachusetts Avenue
Anderson
Larz Andereon House
Novallee
Hia
Aveling