Kirkwood House (Washington, D.C.)
Kirkwood House was a 19th-century building in Washington, D.C., located at the northeast corner of the intersection of 12th Street W and Pennsylvania Avenue. Opened in 1848, it was initially called Fuller House, and then the Irving Hotel, before becoming known as the Kirkwood House in 1854. Kirkwood House was the site of the inauguration of Andrew Johnson as President of the United States following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. The building was demolished in 1874.
| Kirkwood House | |
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1847 elevation view of Fuller's Hotel, the building that would later become Kirkwood House (Library of Congress) | |
| General information | |
| Coordinates | 38.8954°N 77.0278°W |
| Opened | 1848 |
| Demolished | 1874 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 5 |
| Floor area | 7,362 sq ft (684.0 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | John Haviland |
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