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Decatur House Prints by Mary Belcher
A series of paintings of the Stephen Decatur House and surrounding Lafayette Square sites have been commissioned by Decatur House. Each print is signed and dated by the artist, Mary Belcher. The paintings include the following, and are available as prints or notecards:

Decatur House
Decatur House is one of the oldest surviving homes in Washington, DC, and one of only three remaining residential buildings in the country designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, the Father of American Architecture. Completed in 1818 for naval hero Stephen Decatur and his wife Susan, its distinguished neo-classical architecture and prominent location across from the White House made Decatur House one of the capital’s most desirable addresses and home to a number of prominent figures.
-$22.50, 8” x 10”

St. John’s Church
St. John’s Episcopal Church, the “Church of the Presidents,” was designed by Benjamin H. Latrobe and completed in 1816. Latrobe’s original design was based on a Greek Cross plan; later additions in the church included the portico and tall steeple. Every president since James Madison has worshipped here, and pew 54 is set aside for presidents and their families. The church sits on Lafayette Square at 16th and H Streets, N.W., a block north of the White House. In addition to St. John’s, Latrobe’s architectural legacy is seen on Lafayette Square through the Decatur House and through significant aspects of the White House. - $22.50, 8” x 10”

Dolley Madison House
Dolley Madison, the wife of President James Madison, lived in this house on Washington, DC’s famed Lafayette Square from 1837 to 1849, spending her widowhood just steps away from her former home, the White House. The historic character of the house was preserved in the 1960s through the efforts of another beloved first lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, architect John Carl Warnecke, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Today, Dolley Madison House is part of the U.S. Court of Claims complex on the east side of Lafayette Square. -$22.50, 8” x 10”

Jackson Place, N.W.
Jackson Place borders the west side of Washington’s famed Lafayette Square, adjacent to the White House. Following the 1818 construction of Decatur House on its north end, Jackson place was one of the capital’s most desirable addresses through the 19th and 20th centuries. Until the 1960s, many of its grand residences were lost until the historic character of Jackson Place was preserved through the efforts of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, architect John Carl Warnecke, and the national Trust for Historic Preservation, which oversaw construction of offices reminiscent of the historic row houses.-$33.50, 10” x 20”

1600 Block of Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
The Renwick Gallery, Lee House, and Blair House share the 1600 block of Pennsylvania Avenue just west of the White House. The Renwick, built in 1859, was Washington, D.C.’s first art gallery. Today, as part of the Smithsonian Institution, it features exhibits of American decorative arts and crafts. Blair House, built in 1824, and Lee House, built circa 1860, became presidential guest quarters for distinguished visitors to the White House in the 1940s. The block borders Washington’s famed Lafayette Square, whose historic character was restored in the 1960s through the efforts of the First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, architect John Carl Warnecke, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.-$33.50 10” x 20”

Madison Place, N.W.
Madison Place borders the east side of Washington’s famed Lafayette Square, adjacent to the White House. The yellow house at its northern end, built in the 1820s, was Dolley Madison’s home for most of her widowhood. Though by the 1960s many of the grand residences of Lafayette Square were lost, its historic character was preserved through the efforts of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, architect John Carl Warnecke, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.-$33.50 10” x 20”

Portrait of Stephen Decatur
Painted by John Vanderlyn, 1815-1820, oil on canvas

Captain Stephen Decatur
Engraving of a painting by A. Chappel

Maison du Commodore Stephen Decatur
Mme E. Vaile, 1822 Watercolor on paper