The Woodrow Wilson House is a National Historic Landmark and house museum located in the Embassy Row section of Washington. President Wilson retired to this Georgian Revival townhouse on March 4, 1921, at the end of his second term. A time capsule of President Wilson's Washington years (1912-1924), it offers visitors a glimpse into the life of a scholar, educator, governor, and statesman. Above, sheet music and Steinway piano in the drawing room.
Photo credit Robert A. Enholm.
The Woodrow Wilson House transports us back to the early twentieth century when electricity, telephones, automobiles, radio, airplanes, and silent movies were novel and the world was dominated by kings and emperors with vast colonial holdings. President Wilson's administration saw many of the changes that created what we know as the modern world.
--Robert A. Enholm, Executive Director, Woodrow Wilson House Historic Site
The house contains memorabilia and original furnishings including portraits, books, commemorative china, furniture, and autographed photographs of world leaders. Above, view through the arched window on the stairway landing to the solarium and upper terrace of the garden.
President Wilson had no ghostwriter and only rarely dictated letters. Most of the time he composed messages, notes and addresses and typed them out on his own typewriter. Many of these papers were drafted on an old portable typewriter which he took with him into the White House.
The library holds the leather chair Wilson used at Cabinet meetings, numerous personal effects and volumes related to or dating from the Wilson era.
The Woodrow Wilson House is located at 2340 S Street, NW, Washington, DC. Open Tuesday through Sunday from 10am to 4pm. Maintained and operated by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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