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Summary

The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blair_House" class="extiw" title="en:Blair House">Blair House</a> (also known as the Blair-Lee House or the President’s Guest House), located at 1651–1653 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Avenue" class="extiw" title="en:Pennsylvania Avenue">Pennsylvania Avenue</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest,_Washington,_D.C." class="extiw" title="en:Northwest, Washington, D.C.">N.W.</a>, near the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House" class="extiw" title="en:White House">White House</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Washington,_D.C." class="extiw" title="en:Downtown Washington, D.C.">downtown</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C." class="extiw" title="en:Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> The Blair House complex is comprised of four, adjoining, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_architecture" class="extiw" title="en:Federal architecture">Federal</a>-style row houses which serve as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_residence" class="extiw" title="en:Official residence">official residence</a> for guests of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" class="extiw" title="en:President of the United States">President of the United States</a>.

Built in 1824 as the private residence of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Lovell" class="extiw" title="en:Joseph Lovell">Joseph Lovell</a>, the eighth <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surgeon_General_of_the_United_States_Army" class="extiw" title="en:Surgeon General of the United States Army">Surgeon General of the United States Army</a>, the main building was designated as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Historic_Landmark" class="extiw" title="en:National Historic Landmark">National Historic Landmark</a> in 1966. The Blair House is also designated as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contributing_property" class="extiw" title="en:Contributing property">contributing property</a> to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette_Square_Historic_District_(Washington,_D.C.)" class="extiw" title="en:Lafayette Square Historic District (Washington, D.C.)">Lafayette Square Historic District</a>, listed on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" class="extiw" title="en:National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a> in 1970.

In addition to Lovell, previous occupants include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Preston_Blair" class="extiw" title="en:Francis Preston Blair">Francis Preston Blair, Sr.</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Blair_Lee" class="extiw" title="en:Elizabeth Blair Lee">Elizabeth Blair Lee</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Phillips_Lee" class="extiw" title="en:Samuel Phillips Lee">Samuel Phillips Lee</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_Blair" class="extiw" title="en:Montgomery Blair">Montgomery Blair</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bancroft" class="extiw" title="en:George Bancroft">George Bancroft</a>, and U.S. President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman" class="extiw" title="en:Harry S. Truman">Harry Truman</a>.

The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Executive_Office_Building" class="extiw" title="en:New Executive Office Building">New Executive Office Building</a> is visible in the background.

Licensing

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