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Preferred Vendor Discount Rates

Contract with one of our Preferred Vendors and receive the following discounted rates: January - March and July-August, excluding holidays

Winter and Summer Rates
January - March and July - August (excluding holidays)

    Event and Reception


    Monday – Thursday: $3,000 (7hr)

    Friday- Sunday: $4,200 (8hr); $5,000 (10hr)


Historic Parlors (Winter/Summer)

$3,500 Standing (7hr)
$4,300 Seated (7hr)




Summer Associates Tours


Decatur House is pleased to invite summer associates to be a part of its long history of entertaining. Featuring specially-themed tours of intrigue and politics, our Summer Associates Package welcomes you to entertain your associates at one of the most historic landmarks in Washington.

Choose among a variety of tour options to suit the interests of your associates - we are pleased to offer either our standard historic house tour, or these specially-themed tours of the house and our Lafayette Square neighborhood.



    Parties and Politics at Decatur House

    Since its construction by naval hero Stephen Decatur in 1818, Decatur House has been at the center of the social and political life of the capital. During the Andrew Jackson administration, the resignation of the entire cabinet over the "Peggy Eaton Affair" may have been sparked when Secretary of State Van Buren asked the controversial Mrs. Eaton to dance in the Decatur House ballroom. In the twentieth century, Decatur House owner Marie Beale entertained lavishly for the diplomatic corp and prominent politicians. Legend has it that Mrs. Beale banished the young Senator John F. Kennedy to a table near the service stair because she was unhappy with his choice of attire. From its gas-lit entrance on Lafayette Square to the its hidden service spaces, learn more about the almost two centuries of parties and politics as you tour the elegant Decatur House.


    Scandal and Intrigue on Lafayette Square

    Decatur House was the first private home built on Lafayette Square and, by the mid-19th century, the Square was one of the most exclusive residential neighborhoods in Washington. With so many prominent political figures, government officials, artists, diplomats, and business owners living in such close proximity to one another and to the White House, a number of shocking dramas have played out on the Square. Explore Madison and Jackson Places on this walking tour and learn how assassination attempts, crimes of passion, espionage, sensational lawsuits, and even prairie dogs have been a part of the scandalous history of Lafayette Square.



Pricing


Summer Associate Tours Event and Reception rates:

    * $3000

    * $2000 for 501 C-3 organizations



    Summer Associate Tours may be booked Monday-Thursday. Rates include seven (7) hours of event time, including three (3) hours for set up and clean up.



For more information please contact Arioth Harrison, Director of Special Events, 202.842.0917.