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was founded in her home in 1916. Noyes deeded the property to George Washington University upon her death in 1966. The house at 606 21st Street, NW was deeded to William Francis in August 1808. He in turn deeded the property away the following day. George Washington University acquired the house in
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is six bays wide, with three bays belonging to each house. The two entrance doors are adjacent to each other in the center of the facade. The white wooden trim surrounding the doorways was changed in the second half of the nineteenth century.
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The attached houses were built at the same time around 1800 by John Lenthall. They were originally located at 612–14 19th Street NW. Lenthall was a trained architect who was born in England in 1762 and was the great-grandson of Sir
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in 1803. His wife, Jane King, whom he married in either 1801 or 1802, was the daughter and sister of the surveyors of the District of Columbia. Lenthall was killed in September 1808 when one of the arches in the
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The adjacent houses were built around 1800 and they were moved to their current location and restored between 1978 and 1979. It has been listed on the
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The house at 610 21st Street NW stayed in the Lenthall family until 1902 when it was sold. It was eventually purchased by Washington artist
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have two chimneys each. A brick partition wall was built between the two house up to the attic where a partition of a
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Several sources claim that his father, also called William Lenthall, was the Speaker of the House of Commons as well.
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architectural style. They were designed as a single unit and they share a common roof and
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the 1970s. The structures were moved to their current location on August 5, 1978.
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line. The exterior is covered in red brick laid in
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Lenthall Houses is located in Washington, D.C.
Lenthall Houses is located in the United States
Washington, D.C.
38°53′52″N 77°2′49″W / 38.89778°N 77.04694°W / 38.89778; -77.04694
Federal
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George Washington University
Washington, D.C.
District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites
National Register of Historic Places
William Lenthall
Speaker of the House of Commons
Benjamin Latrobe
United States Capitol
Supreme Court
Bertha Noyes
Arts Club of Washington
Federal
cornice
Flemish bond
saddleback roof
dormers
gables
lath
plaster
facade
"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places

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