Ashburton House
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Ashburton House, also known as St. John's Church Parish House or British Legation, is a house on Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C.
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It was the site of 10 months of U.S.-British negotiations leading to the Webster-Ashburton Treaty
of 1842. This settled U.S.-Canada border disputes and ended the Aroostook War
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It was declared a National Historic Landmark
in 1973.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
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It was the site of 10 months of U.S.-British negotiations leading to the Webster-Ashburton Treaty
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
The Webster–Ashburton Treaty, signed August 9, 1842, was a treaty resolving several border issues between the United States and the British North American colonies...
of 1842. This settled U.S.-Canada border disputes and ended the Aroostook War
Aroostook War
The Aroostook War was an undeclared nonviolent confrontation in 1838/1839 between the United States and Great Britain over the international boundary between British North America and Maine. The compromise resolution win a mutually accepted border between the state of Maine and the provinces of...
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It was declared a National Historic Landmark
National Historic Landmark
A National Historic Landmark is a building, site, structure, object, or district, that is officially recognized by the United States government for its historical significance...
in 1973.
External links
- St. John's Church, Ashburton House, Sixteenth & H Streets Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC: 1 photo, 1 data page, at Historic American Building Survey
- http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1525+H+St.,+NW.,+Washington,+D.C.&sll=38.888511,-77.024031&sspn=0.00805,0.014763&g=900+Jefferson+Dr.,+SW.,+Washington,+D.C.&ie=UTF8&ll=38.900235,-77.035918&spn=0.008049,0.014763&z=16&iwloc=addr&layer=c&cbll=38.900238,-77.035817&panoid=gbSuwwzNXjm6Wzc4z5Egbw&cbp=12,8.699547826080106,,0,-8.802345337608363Ashburton House on Google Street View]