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Tour the Historic Decatur House

This photograph of Decatur House, which is also home to the David M. Rubenstein National Center for White House History, was taken by Bruce White for the White House Historical Association on September 2, 2015. Completed in 1818, Decatur House was the third building on Lafayette Square and its first private residence. It was designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, the architect of the Capitol and several other famous buildings, for Commodore Stephen Decatur (1779-1820) and his wife, Susan Wheeler Decatur. Tragically, on March 22, 1820 Stephen Decatur was mortally wounded during a duel. After his death, his widow Susan Decatur rented out the house to foreign ministers and several secretaries of state. The house was eventually sold and passed through several hands, including the Gadsby family, the U.S. Subsistence Bureau, and the Beale family. Marie Ogle Beale, a society maven and the last owner left the house to National Trust for Historic Preservation in 1961. In 2010, the White House Historical Association and National Trust entered into co-stewardship arrangement and the house now serves as the David M. Rubenstein National Center for White House History.

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The White House Historical Association offers free public tours of historic Decatur House every Monday, excluding federal holidays and the Monday following Thanksgiving.*

A fixture of the president’s neighborhood since 1818, Decatur House has been home to foreign and American dignitaries, secretaries of state, members of Congress, and a vice president, in addition to numerous free and enslaved servants who played a pivotal role in shaping America. Visit and explore the nearly 200-year history of Decatur House and its Slave Quarters, the only existing slave quarters within sight of the White House and learn more about the many additional programs and offerings of the Association.

Tours begin at 1610 H Street, NW at 10:30am and 1pm and last approximately one hour. Visitors will be required to reserve their free spot on the tour via Eventbrite.

The White House Historical Association will continue to monitor the COVID-19 situation based on guidelines provided by the CDC to maintain a safe, healthy environment for all. The Association reserves the right to adjust its availability as necessary to adhere to the latest public health guidance. Anyone who has tested positive for COVID-19 within 5 days prior to their visit should not attend. Anyone who is experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 should consider rescheduling their tour.

If you’re looking to schedule a private Decatur House tour for your group Tuesday-Friday, please complete our private tour request form here .

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Decatur House

• Constructed: 1818
• Architect: Benjamin Henry Latrobe
• Address: 1610 H St NW Washington, DC 20006
• Hours Tours: Monday only 10:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Shop: Monday–Friday 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
• Phone 202-218-4333

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Standing for more than 200 years, Decatur House is a testament to the complex history of the capital city. Designed by architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe in 1818, this historic home and National Trust Historic Site was the first and last private residence in Lafayette Square. An excellent example of Federal-style architecture, it features a preserved slave quarters, which also stands as one of the few remaining urban examples still in existence.

The home was commissioned by Commodore Stephen Decatur who made a name for himself during both the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812 as a brave Naval hero. Unfortunately, he and his wife Susan only resided there a mere 14 months, as Decatur was mortally wounded in a duel. Susan then rented the home to the likes of Henry Clay, Edward Livingston, and Martin Van Buren.

After Susan sold the home in 1836, the Decatur House continued to house many notable occupants, as well as both free and enslaved servants. The wealthy hotel and tavern owner John Gadsby initially purchased Decatur House from Susan; but upon his death, his wife, Providence, again rented out the home. The Federal government occupied Decatur House during the Civil War until Edward Beale purchased the home in 1871. The home stayed in the Beale family until 1956, when Marie Beale bequeathed the property to the National Trust for Historic Preservation as part of a concerted effort to preserve Lafayette Square's 19th-century charm. The Decatur House and its storied history is a hidden gem within the president's neighborhood.

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“For nearly 200 years as our country has grown and evolved, the Decatur House has grown and evolved right along with it.” First Lady Michelle Obama

In 2010, the White House Historical Association established the David M. Rubenstein National Center for White House History at Decatur House. The center houses historical documentation, supports research efforts, and provides education programs related to the study and history of the White House.

Decatur House is owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and operated by the White House Historical Association.

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Installed by Edward Beale, this parquet installation depicts the state of California's seal.

The historic slave quarters is located on the second floor of the adjoining service wing. The first floor housed the kitchen and dining space for servants and slaves, while the upstairs was the living quarters.

The front sitting room on the first floor includes the famous Decatur desk, as well as other items from Decatur's lifetime.

The curled maple doors on the second floor are from Decatur's time.

These artifacts are from Deactur's life, as well as the Beale family, who later lived in the home.

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Decatur house on lafayette square, designed by architect benjamin henry latrobe in 1818, this historic home was the first and last private residence in lafayette square..

Designed by architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe in 1818, this historic home was the first and last private residence in Lafayette Square. The Decatur House is an excellent example of Federal-style architecture, featuring the only preserved urban slave quarters in D.C, and one of the only in existence nationwide. Standing for 200 years, Decatur House is a testament to the complex history of the capital city. The Decatur House is a National Trust for Historic Preservation site and home to the White House Historical Association, founded in 1961 by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy to protect, preserve, and provide public access to the history of the Executive Mansion. The site offers tours of the Decatur House, private event rental facilities, and the White House History Shop. Additionally, the White House Historical Association hosts events throughout the year, such as lectures and symposiums on White House history, book signings, and a summer concert series, Jazz on Jackson Place. To learn more about renting The Decatur House for your private event or wedding, visit: https://www.whitehousehistory.org/decatur-house To learn more about upcoming events, plan a tour, or visit the White House History Shop, visit: https://www.whitehousehistory.org/

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Tour Decatur House, one of the mysterious row homes of Lafayette Square

I’ve often wondered what’s up with the houses around Lafayette Square, the park just to the north of the White House. The handsome row homes seem completely out of place in downtown D.C., and there are no conspicuous signs detailing the buildings’ use today. So I was excited to find out that one of them, known as the Decatur House, is open for free tours on Mondays .

“Does anyone here know who Stephen Decatur Jr. was?” our tour guide asked. I and my three fellow tourists shrugged, looking vaguely embarrassed. “That’s OK,” the guide said. “I didn’t know who he was before I started working here.”

She explained that Decatur was a Navy commander famous for two daring acts. In 1804, after a ship he was serving on was captured by pirates, he led a crew who snuck back on and burned the ship to keep it from being used against the U.S. Later, during the War of 1812, Decatur captured a British ship and brought it back to America to be refurbished and used against the British.

“The U.S. Congress awarded Decatur prize money with that capture, and with that prize money Decatur built this house,” our guide said.

She began listing the people who lived in the house and the years they lived there, and I kinda zoned out. I later found out that our tour guide had really buried the lead. Decatur bled to death in the very room we were peering into!

I discovered this after the tour while reading “ The Stephen Decatur House: A History ,” a book recently published by the White House Historical Association, the group that oversees the Decatur House and runs its tours. As it turns out, the dashing Navy commander lived in his grand new home for only 14 months before he was killed in a duel in 1820.

“Smears of blood on the door jamb and along the corridor walls inside showed where, only minutes before, the wounded man had been carried through to the reception room on the ground floor,” section author James Tertius de Kay writes in the book.

Decatur had been shot by James Barron, a fellow Navy officer whom Decatur considered a mentor and father figure early in his career. Their relationship went south when Decatur called Barron a coward for sitting out the War of 1812.

Instead of pointing to the walls that were once smeared with our hero’s blood, our guide noted some of the house’s cool architectural details, including a little button of ivory in a staircase banister, and a British coin turned upside down in a brass door fixture.

“It’s a way of thumbing your nose at the British,” she said.

As we headed to the second floor, our guide explained that Decatur’s house was designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, who was also the architect of the U.S. Capitol. Like many Federal-style buildings, the Decatur House is relentlessly symmetrical. For instance, on the second-floor staircase landing, there’s a fake door — its only purpose is to mirror the real door on the other side of the room. Latrobe also designed the house so that the areas where servants and enslaved people worked were kept out of sight of guests and family members.

Decatur didn’t own slaves himself but, around 1822, a subsequent owner of the home built an addition for enslaved people to live in, our guide said as she showed us into a plain room to the west of the main house.

She told us a fascinating story about one enslaved woman who lived there — Charlotte Dupuy, who sued her owner, Secretary of State and later Decatur House resident Henry Clay, for her freedom in 1829. She lost the case, but somehow she wore Clay down, and he released Dupuy and her daughter from servitude in 1840 (though Dupuy’s son remained enslaved by Clay for four more years).

What a brave woman, to stand up to someone so much more powerful than herself. The details of what inspired her to take her case to court, or how she finally won out, are lost to history, our guide said. I’m just glad the home where Dupuy once lived is still around, a testament to her bravery as well as that of the home’s more famous original owner.

The tour was winding down, so I asked our guide my burning question: Who lives in the other row houses on the block?

“They’re all government offices now,” she said, adding that, in the 1960s, the federal government wanted to tear them all down, including Decatur House, and build big, modern office buildings. Luckily, Jackie Kennedy championed an alternative plan that preserved the old row houses, reused them as government offices and hid modern government buildings behind them, she said.

I was a little disappointed to learn that Lafayette Square today is home only to boring government offices, and not to rich and powerful people who throw great parties and sometimes murder one another, as it once was. But I’m thankful to Jackie Kennedy for saving Decatur House and its neighbors, and keeping that colorful history alive.

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Designed in 1818 by Benjamin Latrobe for naval hero Stephen Decatur and his wife Susan, this brick building holds the honor of being the first and last house on Lafayette Sq to be occupied as a private residence. It's also one of the few urban residences in the US retaining slave quarters (in this case built in 1836). The White House Historical Association runs one-hour free guided tours of the house at 11am, 12:30pm and 2pm on Mondays.

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Inside the Stephen Decatur House: The First and Last Private Residence in Lafayette Square

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Just across Lafayette Square from the White House, the Stephen Decatur House, completed in 1819, is one of the oldest homes in Washington. Designed by the first professional architect in America, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, for one of the greatest naval heroes in American history, the Decatur House has welcomed 200 years of America’s political elite.

After Decatur’s death when tenants rented the property, it was also home to the enslaved King and Williams families, as well as Charlotte Dupuy, an enslaved woman who in 1829 sued Henry Clay, then the secretary of state and in residence at the house, for her freedom. Though unsuccessful in her efforts, Dupuy’s story of attempted self-emancipation is an important part of the history of Lafayette Square.

Through the work of the White House Historical Association and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the history and significance of the Decatur House are captured in a new book, The Stephen Decatur House: A History. With principal photography by Bruce White, the volume draws on letters, legal documents, insurance reports, and historical artifacts and illustrations to offer a complete history of Lafayette Square’s first private residence and its occupants.

Join the authors James Tertius deKay, Michael Fazio, Osborne Phinizy Mackie, and Katherine Malone France at Decatur House for an evening that explores national and local history, architecture, genealogy, and artifact curation. Then tour the residence, including the newly restored slave quarters.

All participants receive a copy of The Stephen Decatur House: A History (White House Historical Association).

The program is limited to 200 participants.

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Join other Dupont Circle Villagers on a private tour of the Decatur House on Lafayette Square, given by the Historian of the White House Historical Association.

Completed in 1818, the Decatur House was the third building on Lafayette Square and its first private residence. It was designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, the architect of the Capitol and several other famous buildings, for Commodore Stephen Decatur (1779-1820) and his wife, Susan Wheeler Decatur.

Decatur House has been home to foreign and American dignitaries, secretaries of state, members of Congress, and a vice president, in addition to numerous free and enslaved servants who played a pivotal role in shaping America. The tour will cover the nearly 200-year history of Decatur House and its Slave Quarters, the only existing slave quarters within sight of the White House.

The tour will last about an hour, with an optional lunch afterwards at a location to be determined. Plan to meet at 10:50 AM at 1610 H Street, NW, on the corner of Lafayette Square. 15 guests are invited.

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Susan was the wife of Commodore Stephen Decatur Jr., a naval hero famous throughout the country for his exploits in the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812, arguably the most popular man in the United States at that time. His funeral was attended by more than 10,000 mourners lining the streets of Washington.

(Decatur was a familiar figure in Norfolk, Susan’s hometown; they married there 14 years before and lived there in the early months of their marriage. The man who shot him, James Barron, was a familiar face too; he was a Hampton native. The Commodore Theatre in Portsmouth is named for him and he’s buried in the courtyard next to it.)

Now, what was Stephen Decatur’s widow to do?

Only 14 months before, she and Stephen had built their elegant home on the corner of Jackson Place Northwest and H Street Northwest, a house made for entertaining, renowned for the galas held in its opulent ballroom. The brick Federal-style, three-story mansion was the first private residence constructed in President’s Park, now Lafayette Square. In time, this would become the city’s most fashionable neighborhood, home to diplomats, senators, Cabinet secretaries, generals and the capital’s social elite.

My wife, Carol, and I visited Decatur House recently for the weekly tour offered by the White House Historical Association, which manages the property. We were greeted by docent Margaret Lineberger. She explained that after Decatur’s death, Susan could not afford to keep up the house, and she decided to rent it out.

Given the house’s location and elegance, she had no trouble finding tenants, including the French and Russian ministers to the United States and three sitting secretaries of state: Henry Clay, Martin Van Buren and Edward Livingston. Her last tenant was the British minister to the United States.

I couldn’t help thinking that Decatur House became the most exclusive rental in U.S. history.

Susan owned the house until 1836, when it was purchased by John Gadsby, the famous hotelier. It was taken over by the U.S. Army during the Civil War.

Our tour started at the impressive entry, a showcase of neoclassical archways, oval recesses and a curved doorway leading to the main staircase. Be sure to look for the lock in the curved door with an upside-down British coin in it, Decatur’s way of sticking it to the English. To the left is the parlor where he died.

Hampton Roads readers will be interested to know that Decatur was killed with one of the dueling pistols borrowed from John Myers of Norfolk, a friend of his adversary, and currently on view at the Moses Myers House on East Freemason Street.

Decatur items in the parlor include a desk from his ship, the USS President, and a ceremonial sword given to him by the commonwealth of Virginia for his actions in capturing HMS Macedonian during the War of 1812. Other furnishings come from the Beale family, owners of the house from 1871 to 1956, and include twin couches from the 1870s and a pair of candelabra on the mantel.

The family dining room is set with items from the Beale family and period pieces from the collection of the White House Historical Association. Portraits on the wall include Stephen Decatur Jr. and his father, and a fascinating painting depicting the camel brigade commanded by Edward Beale in his survey expeditions of the Southwest.

Beale was the famous Western explorer, surveyor, rancher and later a diplomat who made his fortune in California. He and his wife, Mary, purchased the house in 1871 and initiated extensive renovations, restoring it as a center of Washington entertainment. Their son, Truxtun, inherited the house, and upon his death in 1936, it passed to his widow, Marie Oge Beale.

One of the house’s more interesting features is that it was built with the kitchen as a first-floor front room. At the time, a kitchen in the main house was unusual because of heat, odors and fire risk. Later the room served as a billiard room and a study. Today it is used for storage.

We climbed the back stairway used by the family and by servants and enslaved people carrying food, water, laundry and wood to the third-floor bedrooms, which today are closed to the public. On the second floor, we entered the large formal dining room with floor-to-ceiling windows and flowery stencil work on the ceiling. A huge chandelier and an exquisite parquet floor made with 22 varieties of native California wood are additions by the Beales. The Great Seal of California is inlaid in the center of the floor.

The next room, the ballroom, is really the heart of the house. I could easily imagine foreign diplomats and secretaries of state holding balls and receptions here. Tall windows fronting the square let in light that illuminates the grape leaves and urns stenciled on the high ceiling. Today, portraits of Stephen and Susan Decatur flank the entranceway.

Our guide pointed to the wavy patterns in some of the windowpanes, indicating that these are original to the house. Carol couldn’t help thinking about all those famous people who lived or visited here looking out these same windows at Lafayette Square.

But not all the residents of Decatur House were from the diplomatic and political elite of the time; the house couldn’t operate without domestic servants and enslaved people. While there is no evidence that Stephen Decatur owned slaves, it is most likely that enslaved labor went into the construction of the house.

A long, two-story ell fronting H Street was added around 1821 to house a new kitchen, storerooms and servants. Dozens of enslaved people occupied the quarters over the years, especially during the ownership of John Gadsby in the decades before the Civil War.

Today, the second floor has been stripped to its studs and chimneys, revealing four rooms used as slave quarters. Panels on the wall explain the role of slavery in Decatur House and in Washington, D.C.

One resident of these quarters was Charlotte Dupuy, an enslaved servant of Henry Clay. She sued him for her freedom, claiming that her previous owner had promised her emancipation and that Clay must honor that request. Clay was about to return to Kentucky; he’d been secretary of state for President John Quincy Adams, who lost his re-election bid in 1828. A court ruled that Dupuy must be allowed to stay in Washington while the case was adjudicated, so she remained in Decatur House after Clay’s departure, working for Van Buren.

Dupuy lost her case. Clay sent agents to forcibly remove her and imprison her in Alexandria, eventually sending her to his daughter’s plantation in Louisiana. She was granted her freedom 11 years later.

In 1936, Edward Beale died. His wife, Marie, inherited and restored it to its neoclassical elegance, removing many Victorian elements added in the 1870s by her mother-in-law. She entertained lavishly in the ballroom, hosting the annual New Year’s Day reception for diplomats, one of the most sought-after events on the Washington social calendar. But she knew the house’s days were numbered. For years, she resisted the federal government’s plans to retrofit and even demolish the buildings on the square for government office space.

Decatur House was saved by her insightful gift of the property and its contents (and its incredible history) to the National Trust for Historic Preservation shortly before she died in 1956, ensuring that Decatur House would remain as it is forever.

Reach James F. Lee at [email protected]

Where: 748 Jackson Place NW, Washington, D.C.

Hours: Open Mondays only. Tours at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Enter the door on H Street Northwest.

Tickets: Free

Details: tinyurl.com/WHHAhouse ; 202-218-4300

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Historic Decatur's Christmas Tour of Homes

Dashing through decatur is the historic christmas tour of homes visit the beautiful and historic buildings that help bring decatur to life during the christmas season..

Lights, garland, wreaths, and more is what you can expect from this Christmas décor Tour! The Historic Decatur Association's Christmas Tour of Homes showcases the style and architecture of both historic housing districts in Decatur. The tour includes stops in Albany and Old Decatur where you can tour the homes of residents while also learning tips on how to decorate your own home for the holidays! The tour will start at 3:00 PM on Saturday, December 12th and last until 8:00 PM. The tour itself includes thirteen locations, there will also be opportunities for carriage rides and carol singing by the Bank Street Players. Make sure to stop by the headquarters of the tour at the Old State Bank to try some food at the delicious food trucks. Also, the big man himself, Santa Claus will be in attendance as well between the hours of 4:00 PM- 7:00 PM. 

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THE CRAWFORD-GILL HOUSE

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THE GRAY-WILEY HOUSE

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THE PAPENBURG HOUSE

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There are three stops in the Albany Historic Housing District on the tour. Decatur's Albany District once known as New Decatur, is located on the Southeast side of the city. Before the two Decaturs merged together Albany was considered its own city. Once the two combined into the one city of Decatur, the city grew largely, but you can spot the differences between the two areas by the makeup of the housing districts. The Albany neighborhood is full of gorgeous Victorian homes, and quaint bungalows. The street names remain original to the area and are named after Civil War generals. Some streets you may pass will be: Sherman St., Jackson St., Grant St., Johnston St., Gordon Dr., and Moulton St. The three locations on the Christmas Tour of Homes are: The Crawford-Gill House (Circa 1913), the Gray- Wiley House (Circa 1927), and the Papenburg House (Circa 1920). Each home on the tour has an incredible history and is decorated beautifully. The Albany houses will be open for the tour from 3:00 PM- 8:00 PM.

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501 Walnut Street, NE

THE LYONS HOUSE

703 Ferry Street, NE

There are three more stops in the Historic Old Decatur Housing District. The Old Decatur housing district was one of the original housing districts of the city of Decatur. This housing district is the location of many stunning homes dating back to the late 1800s and early 1900s. The homes are filled with history and character like no other. The three locations on the Old Decatur portion of the tour are the Black House (Circa 1913), the Knight-Irwin House (Circa 1908), and the Lyons House (Circa 1915). Make sure to take a stroll around the neighborhood to see some incredible vintage homes. 

FIRST MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

233 Vine Street, SW

ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

202 Gordon Drive, SE

VINTAGE FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH

401 Sherman Street, SE

WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

801 Jackson Street, SE

Holiday Market and Bells

A special part of the Christmas Tour of Homes is that it also includes some local historic churches in the area! There will be four churches on the located on the tour that will be open between the hours of 3:00 PM and 8:00 PM.

The four churches are:

• First Missionary Baptist Church will be open from 3:00-6:00 PM. This location will have a live presentation of the church's history named "Our First Baptist: Through the Years" (presentations will be at 3:15 PM, 4:15 PM, and 5:15 PM).
• Westminster Presbyterian Church will be open from 2:00-8:00 PM and include a Holiday Market and performance by the Bells Choir.
• Vintage Faith Church will be open from 3:00- 8:00 PM.
• St. Johns Episcopal Church will be open from 3:00- 8:00 PM.

Historical Sites

CARNEGIE VISUAL ARTS CENTER

207 Church Street, NE

HISTORIC DEPOT and RAILROAD MUSEUM

701 Railroad Street, NW

OLD STATE BANK

925 Bank Street, SE

Headquarters

The Christmas Tour wouldn't be complete without stopping at some of Decatur's historic landmark sites! There are some amazing places to visit in Decatur and these places are at the top of the list!

The Old State Bank will be decorated for Christmas and will serve as the headquarters for the Christmas Tour of Homes. At this location, you can take a tour of the oldest standing bank in Alabama. You can also view the Enchanted Forest located just outside of the bank. This picturesque building is the perfect backdrop to any holiday photo and has many stories that it has collected within its walls over the years. The Old State Bank will also be the location for food trucks, caroling, and carriage rides. 

The Carnegie Visual Arts Center will serve as the secondary headquarters for the Christmas Tour of Homes! "The Carnegie" was once the city of Decatur's library, which now has been reimagined as an arts center for the community. You can view a wonderful art exhibit along the tour. The current art exhibit in the gallery at the Carnegie Visual Arts Center is Sophie McVicar's "Symbols of Transformation."

Last but certainly not least is the Historic Train Depot and Railroad Museum! This beautiful building is home to a free museum that centers around the history of the Depot and the trains that would stop there. A very special part about the museum is that it includes model trains. These model trains are incredibly detailed and are truly spectacular to see in person. The Train Depot will be open for tours along with a holiday special viewing of the magnificent Christmas Model Train display!

How to get tickets?

Tickets will be for sale in advance at local businesses throughout the week: Bank Street Antiques, Carnegie Visual Arts Center, Decatur Morgan County Tourism, Jimmy Smith Jewelers, Miss Muldrew's, and Tammy Eddy Antiques & Interiors

Day Off Tickets can be found at headquarters, The Old State Bank, or at secondary headquarters, The Carnegie Visual Arts Center.

You can also buy tickets directly from the Historic Decatur Association below!

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Zvenigorod Museum of History, Architecture and Art

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Savvino-storozhevsky monastery and museum.

Zvenigorod's most famous sight is the Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery, which was founded in 1398 by the monk Savva from the Troitse-Sergieva Lavra, at the invitation and with the support of Prince Yury Dmitrievich of Zvenigorod. Savva was later canonised as St Sabbas (Savva) of Storozhev. The monastery late flourished under the reign of Tsar Alexis, who chose the monastery as his family church and often went on pilgrimage there and made lots of donations to it. Most of the monastery’s buildings date from this time. The monastery is heavily fortified with thick walls and six towers, the most impressive of which is the Krasny Tower which also serves as the eastern entrance. The monastery was closed in 1918 and only reopened in 1995. In 1998 Patriarch Alexius II took part in a service to return the relics of St Sabbas to the monastery. Today the monastery has the status of a stauropegic monastery, which is second in status to a lavra. In addition to being a working monastery, it also holds the Zvenigorod Historical, Architectural and Art Museum.

Belfry and Neighbouring Churches

Located near the main entrance is the monastery's belfry which is perhaps the calling card of the monastery due to its uniqueness. It was built in the 1650s and the St Sergius of Radonezh’s Church was opened on the middle tier in the mid-17th century, although it was originally dedicated to the Trinity. The belfry's 35-tonne Great Bladgovestny Bell fell in 1941 and was only restored and returned in 2003. Attached to the belfry is a large refectory and the Transfiguration Church, both of which were built on the orders of Tsar Alexis in the 1650s.  

To the left of the belfry is another, smaller, refectory which is attached to the Trinity Gate-Church, which was also constructed in the 1650s on the orders of Tsar Alexis who made it his own family church. The church is elaborately decorated with colourful trims and underneath the archway is a beautiful 19th century fresco.

Nativity of Virgin Mary Cathedral

The Nativity of Virgin Mary Cathedral is the oldest building in the monastery and among the oldest buildings in the Moscow Region. It was built between 1404 and 1405 during the lifetime of St Sabbas and using the funds of Prince Yury of Zvenigorod. The white-stone cathedral is a standard four-pillar design with a single golden dome. After the death of St Sabbas he was interred in the cathedral and a new altar dedicated to him was added.

Under the reign of Tsar Alexis the cathedral was decorated with frescoes by Stepan Ryazanets, some of which remain today. Tsar Alexis also presented the cathedral with a five-tier iconostasis, the top row of icons have been preserved.

Tsaritsa's Chambers

The Nativity of Virgin Mary Cathedral is located between the Tsaritsa's Chambers of the left and the Palace of Tsar Alexis on the right. The Tsaritsa's Chambers were built in the mid-17th century for the wife of Tsar Alexey - Tsaritsa Maria Ilinichna Miloskavskaya. The design of the building is influenced by the ancient Russian architectural style. Is prettier than the Tsar's chambers opposite, being red in colour with elaborately decorated window frames and entrance.

At present the Tsaritsa's Chambers houses the Zvenigorod Historical, Architectural and Art Museum. Among its displays is an accurate recreation of the interior of a noble lady's chambers including furniture, decorations and a decorated tiled oven, and an exhibition on the history of Zvenigorod and the monastery.

Palace of Tsar Alexis

The Palace of Tsar Alexis was built in the 1650s and is now one of the best surviving examples of non-religious architecture of that era. It was built especially for Tsar Alexis who often visited the monastery on religious pilgrimages. Its most striking feature is its pretty row of nine chimney spouts which resemble towers.

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The Unique Burial of a Child of Early Scythian Time at the Cemetery of Saryg-Bulun (Tuva)

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In 1988, the Tuvan Archaeological Expedition (led by M. E. Kilunovskaya and V. A. Semenov) discovered a unique burial of the early Iron Age at Saryg-Bulun in Central Tuva. There are two burial mounds of the Aldy-Bel culture dated by 7th century BC. Within the barrows, which adjoined one another, forming a figure-of-eight, there were discovered 7 burials, from which a representative collection of artifacts was recovered. Burial 5 was the most unique, it was found in a coffin made of a larch trunk, with a tightly closed lid. Due to the preservative properties of larch and lack of air access, the coffin contained a well-preserved mummy of a child with an accompanying set of grave goods. The interred individual retained the skin on his face and had a leather headdress painted with red pigment and a coat, sewn from jerboa fur. The coat was belted with a leather belt with bronze ornaments and buckles. Besides that, a leather quiver with arrows with the shafts decorated with painted ornaments, fully preserved battle pick and a bow were buried in the coffin. Unexpectedly, the full-genomic analysis, showed that the individual was female. This fact opens a new aspect in the study of the social history of the Scythian society and perhaps brings us back to the myth of the Amazons, discussed by Herodotus. Of course, this discovery is unique in its preservation for the Scythian culture of Tuva and requires careful study and conservation.

Keywords: Tuva, Early Iron Age, early Scythian period, Aldy-Bel culture, barrow, burial in the coffin, mummy, full genome sequencing, aDNA

Information about authors: Marina Kilunovskaya (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dvortsovaya Emb., 18, Saint Petersburg, 191186, Russian Federation E-mail: [email protected] Vladimir Semenov (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dvortsovaya Emb., 18, Saint Petersburg, 191186, Russian Federation E-mail: [email protected] Varvara Busova  (Moscow, Russian Federation).  (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation). Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences.  Dvortsovaya Emb., 18, Saint Petersburg, 191186, Russian Federation E-mail:  [email protected] Kharis Mustafin  (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Technical Sciences. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.  Institutsky Lane, 9, Dolgoprudny, 141701, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation E-mail:  [email protected] Irina Alborova  (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Biological Sciences. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.  Institutsky Lane, 9, Dolgoprudny, 141701, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation E-mail:  [email protected] Alina Matzvai  (Moscow, Russian Federation). Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.  Institutsky Lane, 9, Dolgoprudny, 141701, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation E-mail:  [email protected]

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Marian Robinson, the mother of Michelle Obama who lived in the White House, dies at 86

FILE - Marian Robinson, mother of first lady Michelle Obama, center left, smiles as she boards Air Force One with President Barack Obama en route to the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” a landmark event of the civil rights movement, from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., March 7, 2015. Robinson, who moved with the first family to the White House when son-in-law Barack Obama was elected president, has died, according to an announcement by Michelle Obama and other family members Friday, May 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

FILE - First lady Michelle Obama, left, and her mother Marian Robinson react as Ret. Navy Admiral John B. Nathman speaks to delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 6, 2012. Robinson, who moved with the first family to the White House when son-in-law Barack Obama was elected president, has died, according to an announcement by Michelle Obama and other family members Friday, May 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

FILE - Former first lady Michelle Obama’s mother Marian Robinson, center, arrives for a ceremony as President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden host former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama for the unveiling of their official White House portraits in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Sept. 7, 2022. Robinson, who moved with the first family to the White House when son-in-law Barack Obama was elected president, has died, according to an announcement by Michelle Obama and other family members Friday, May 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

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WASHINGTON (AP) — On election night 2008, as Barack Obama sat nervously in a Chicago hotel suite and awaited news on whether he would become the country’s first Black president, his mother-in-law was by his side.

“Are you ready for this, Grandma?” Obama asked Marian Shields Robinson, who years earlier had doubted that he and her daughter, Michelle, would last.

Six months, tops, she had predicted.

“Never one to overemote, my mom just gave him a sideways look and shrugged, causing them both to smile,” Michelle Obama wrote in her memoir, “Becoming.” “Later, though, she’d describe to me how overcome she’d felt right then, struck just as I’d been by his vulnerability. America had come to see Barack as self-assured and powerful, but my mother also recognized the gravity of the passage, the loneliness of the job ahead.”

She continued: “The next time I looked over, I saw that she and Barack were holding hands.”

The union of Barack and Michelle Obama, the 20-something lawyers who met one summer while working at a Chicago law firm, endured and made history. In her own way, Mrs. Robinson would, too.

She died peacefully on Friday, the former first lady and her brother, Craig Robinson, and their families announced in a statement.

“There was and will be only one Marian Robinson,” they said. “In our sadness, we are lifted up by the extraordinary gift of her life. And we will spend the rest of ours trying to live up to her example.”

Besides being the mother of the nation’s first Black first lady, Mrs. Robinson was also unusual for being one of the few in-laws who lived at the White House with the president and his immediate family.

Until January 2009, Mrs. Robinson had lived her entire life in Chicago. She was a widow and in her early 70s when Obama was elected in 2008 and resisted the idea of starting over in Washington. President Obama said the family suggested she try Washington for three months before deciding. The first lady enlisted her brother to help persuade their mother to move.

“There were many good and valid reasons that Michelle raised with me, not the least of which was the opportunity to continue spending time with my granddaughters, Malia and Sasha, and to assist in giving them a sense of normalcy that is a priority for both of their parents, as has been from the time Barack began his political career,” Mrs. Robinson wrote in the foreword to “A Game of Character,” a memoir by her son, formerly the head men’s basketball coach at Oregon State University.

“My feeling, however, was that I could visit periodically without actually moving in and still be there for the girls,” she said.

Mrs. Robinson said her son understood why she wanted to stay in Chicago, but still used a line of reasoning on her that she would use on him and his sister. He asked her to think of the move as an opportunity to grow and try something new.

“As a compromise, I opted to move to the White House after all, at least temporarily, while still reserving lots of time to travel and maintain a certain amount of autonomy,” she wrote.

Granddaughters Malia and Sasha were just 10 and 7, respectively, when they started to call the executive mansion home in 2009 after their dad became president. In Chicago, Mrs. Robinson had become almost a surrogate parent to them during the presidential campaign. She retired from her job as a bank secretary to help shuttle them around.

At the White House, she was a reassuring presence, and her lack of Secret Service protection made it possible for her to accompany them to and from school daily without fanfare.

“I would not be who I am today without the steady hand and unconditional love of my mother, Marian Shields Robinson,” Michelle Obama wrote in her memoir. “She has always been my rock, allowing me the freedom to be who I am, while never allowing my feet to get too far off the ground. Her boundless love for my girls, and her willingness to put our needs before her own, gave me the comfort and confidence to venture out into the world knowing they were safe and cherished at home.”

Her White House life was not limited to caring for her granddaughters.

Mrs. Robinson enjoyed a level of anonymity that the president and first lady openly envied, allowing her to come and go from the White House as often as she pleased on shopping trips around town, to the president’s box at the Kennedy Center and to Las Vegas or to visit her other grandchildren in Portland, Oregon. She gave a few media interviews but never to White House press.

She attended some White House events, including concerts, the annual Easter Egg Roll and National Christmas Tree lighting, and was a guest at some state dinners.

White House residency also opened up the world to Mrs. Robinson, who had been widowed for nearly 20 years when she moved to a room on the third floor, one floor above the first family.

She had never traveled outside the U.S. until she moved to Washington, taking her first flight abroad on Air Force One in 2009 when the Obamas visited France. She joined them on a trip to Russia, Italy and Ghana later that year, during which she got to meet Pope Benedict, tour Rome’s ancient Colosseum and view a former slave-holding compound on the African coast.

She also accompanied her daughter and granddaughters on two overseas trips without the president to South Africa and Botswana in 2011, and China in 2014.

Craig Robinson wrote that he and his parents doubted whether his sister’s relationship with Obama would last, though Fraser Robinson III and his wife thought the young lawyer was a worthy suitor for their daughter, also a lawyer. Craig Robinson and his parents were sitting on the front porch of their Chicago home one hot summer night when Obama and his sister stopped by on their way to a movie.

Her parents exchanged knowing glances as soon as the couple departed. “Too bad,” Mrs. Robinson said. “Yep,” answered Fraser Robinson. “She’ll eat him alive.”

Craig Robinson wrote that his mother gave the relationship six months. Barack and Michelle Obama tied the knot on Oct. 3, 1992 and have been married for 31 years.

Marian Lois Shields Robinson was born in Chicago on July 30, 1937. She attended two years of teaching college, married in 1960 and, as a stay-at-home mom, stressed the importance of education to her children. Both were educated at Ivy League schools, each with a bachelor’s degree from Princeton. Michelle Obama also has a law degree from Harvard.

Fraser Robinson was a pump operator for the Chicago Water Department. He had multiple sclerosis and died in 1991.

Besides the Obama family, Mrs. Robinson is survived by her son, Craig, his wife, Kelly, and their children Avery, Austin, Aaron and Leslie.

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Gagarin cup (khl) finals:  atlant moscow oblast vs. salavat yulaev ufa.

Much like the Elitserien Finals, we have a bit of an offense vs. defense match-up in this league Final.  While Ufa let their star top line of Alexander Radulov, Patrick Thoresen and Igor Grigorenko loose on the KHL's Western Conference, Mytischi played a more conservative style, relying on veterans such as former NHLers Jan Bulis, Oleg Petrov, and Jaroslav Obsut.  Just reaching the Finals is a testament to Atlant's disciplined style of play, as they had to knock off much more high profile teams from Yaroslavl and St. Petersburg to do so.  But while they did finish 8th in the league in points, they haven't seen the likes of Ufa, who finished 2nd. 

This series will be a challenge for the underdog, because unlike some of the other KHL teams, Ufa's top players are generally younger and in their prime.  Only Proshkin amongst regular blueliners is over 30, with the work being shared by Kirill Koltsov (28), Andrei Kuteikin (26), Miroslav Blatak (28), Maxim Kondratiev (28) and Dmitri Kalinin (30).  Oleg Tverdovsky hasn't played a lot in the playoffs to date.  Up front, while led by a fairly young top line (24-27), Ufa does have a lot of veterans in support roles:  Vyacheslav Kozlov , Viktor Kozlov , Vladimir Antipov, Sergei Zinovyev and Petr Schastlivy are all over 30.  In fact, the names of all their forwards are familiar to international and NHL fans:  Robert Nilsson , Alexander Svitov, Oleg Saprykin and Jakub Klepis round out the group, all former NHL players.

For Atlant, their veteran roster, with only one of their top six D under the age of 30 (and no top forwards under 30, either), this might be their one shot at a championship.  The team has never won either a Russian Superleague title or the Gagarin Cup, and for players like former NHLer Oleg Petrov, this is probably the last shot at the KHL's top prize.  The team got three extra days rest by winning their Conference Final in six games, and they probably needed to use it.  Atlant does have younger regulars on their roster, but they generally only play a few shifts per game, if that. 

The low event style of game for Atlant probably suits them well, but I don't know how they can manage to keep up against Ufa's speed, skill, and depth.  There is no advantage to be seen in goal, with Erik Ersberg and Konstantin Barulin posting almost identical numbers, and even in terms of recent playoff experience Ufa has them beat.  Luckily for Atlant, Ufa isn't that far away from the Moscow region, so travel shouldn't play a major role. 

I'm predicting that Ufa, winners of the last Superleague title back in 2008, will become the second team to win the Gagarin Cup, and will prevail in five games.  They have a seriously well built team that would honestly compete in the NHL.  They represent the potential of the league, while Atlant represents closer to the reality, as a team full of players who played themselves out of the NHL. 

• Atlant @ Ufa, Friday Apr 8 (3:00 PM CET/10:00 PM EST)
• Atlant @ Ufa, Sunday Apr 10 (1:00 PM CET/8:00 AM EST)
• Ufa @ Atlant, Tuesday Apr 12 (5:30 PM CET/12:30 PM EST)
• Ufa @ Atlant, Thursday Apr 14 (5:30 PM CET/12:30 PM EST)

Games 5-7 are as yet unscheduled, but every second day is the KHL standard, so expect Game 5 to be on Saturday, like an early start. 

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