Belmont–Paul Women's Equality National Monument
The Belmont–Paul Women's Equality National Monument (formerly the Sewall House (1800–1929), Alva Belmont House (1929–1972), and the Sewall–Belmont House and Museum (1972–2016)) is a historic house and museum of the U.S. women's suffrage and equal rights movements located in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The monument is named after suffragists and National Woman's Party leaders Alva Belmont and Alice Paul.
Belmont–Paul Women's Equality National Monument; formerly Sewall–Belmont House and the Alva Belmont House | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
U.S. National Historic Landmark | |
Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument (Sept. 2021) | |
| Location | 144 Constitution Avenue NE Washington, D.C. |
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| Coordinates | 38°53′31″N 77°0′13″W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1800 |
| Website | Belmont–Paul Women's Equality National Monument |
| NRHP reference No. | 72001432 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | June 16, 1972 |
| Designated NHL | May 30, 1974 |
Since 1929 the house has served as headquarters of the National Woman's Party, a key political organization in the fight for women's suffrage. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, designated a National Historic Landmark in 1974. From 1972 to 2016, the Sewall–Belmont National Historic Site was an affiliated unit of the National Park Service. In 2016, President Barack Obama designated it a national monument.