House of James Monroe
BUILT IN 1802
THIS HOUSE WAS THE HOME
OF
JAMES MONROE
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
WHILE SECRETARY OF STATE AND OF WAR UNDER
MADISON, AND FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF HIS
ADMINISTRATION AS FIFTH PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES, MARCH 4, 1817-SEPT 17, 1817. LATER
OCCUPIED BY SENATOR CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS,
MINISTER TO GREAT BRITAIN 1861-68, AND BY
DR. CLEVELAND ABBE, A FOUNDER OF THE U.S.
WEATHER BUREAU. *******************