The Lee House - Washington, DC
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saopaulo1
N 38° 53.934 W 077° 02.323
18S E 323204 N 4307533
The Lee House is across from the White House.
Waymark Code: WM6DYW
Location: District of Columbia, United States
Date Posted: 05/19/2009
Views: 21
"Erected 1858
Home of Rear Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee, U.S. Navy and Elizabeth Blair Lee, to whom it was given by her father, Francis Preston Blair. Admiral Lee commanded the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron during the Civil War. Home also of their son Blair Lee and Anne Clymer Brooke Lee. He served as United States Senator from Maryland and was the first senator to be elected by direct vote of the people. The Blair and Lee Houses were combined in 1943 to become the president's guest house.
Erected by the Society of the Lees of Virginia 1981"
Group that erected the marker: Society of the Lees of Virginia 1981
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
1651 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC USA
20005
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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