if you re not on our public program mailing list and would like to be you can fill out the form you found on your chair and you can pick up a copy of our latest calendar of events out front. in the early 20th century the anderson s desired a home in washington where they could entertain american and foreign dignitaries in a grand setting. they purposefully selected a lot in a fashionable neighborhood in dupont circle to be the center of social activity. we re pleased to welcome stephen hansen to discuss his book. he s a long time resident of washington, d.c. he s an author. he s principal at the d.c. historic designs llc in washington. he serves as a trustee for the committee of 100 on the federal city and author s the monthly column what was once in washington, d.c. mr. hansen. [ applause ] thank you for coming tonight. i d like to start to say it s a major honor to talk about my book in the ballroom of the anderson mansion. i d like to start off talking about how this boo
i m the museum education manager for the american revolution institute. i m pleased to welcome you here for our first program of our winter series. if you re not on our public program mailing list and would like to be you can fill out the form you found on your chair and you can pick up a copy of our latest calendar of events out front. in the early 20th century the anderson s desired a home in washington where they could entertain american and foreign dignitaries in a grand setting. they purposefully selected a lot in a fashionable neighborhood in dupont circle to be the center of social activity. we re pleased to welcome stephen hansen to discuss his book. he s a long time resident of washington, d.c. he s an author. he s principal at the d.c. historic designs llc in washington. he serves as a trustee for the committee of 100 on the federal city and author s the monthly column what was once in washington, d.c. mr. hansen. [ applause ] thank you for coming tonight. i d lik
it s just under an hour. good evening. i m the museum education manager for the american revolution institute. i m pleased to welcome you here for our first program of our winter series. if you re not on our public program mailing list and would like to be you can fill out the form you found on your chair and you can pick up a copy of our latest calendar of events out front. in the early 20th century the anderson s desired a home in washington where they could entertain american and foreign dignitaries in a grand setting. they purposefully selected a lot in a fashionable neighborhood in dupont circle to be the center of social activity. we re pleased to welcome stephen hansen to discuss his book. he s a long time resident of washington, d.c. he s an author. he s principal at the d.c. historic designs llc in washington. he serves as a trustee for the committee of 100 on the federal city and author s the monthly column what was once in washington, d.c. mr. hansen. [ applause
thank you, emily, and good evening. it is a great pleasure to introduce william seale. i have known william for a very long time because he married my good friend and college classmate, lucinda smith. i married a brilliant historian, and so did she. [laughter] william seale is a charming and witty texas gentleman whose interest in history and buildings has fueled a long career in both. he is a native of beaumont, texas, holds a ba from southwestern university, an ma and a ph.d. from duke. he left texas in 1969 and spent two years in columbia, south carolina, restoring the home of wade hampton. he then came to washington in 1972 to write a history of state capitols with henry russell hitchcock. he, lucinda and their two sons settled in lucinda s native alexandria. at this point in his career, he focused on two things; historic restoration and writing. his two-volume history of the white house was published by the white house historical society in 1986 with the second edition