Bayly, Mountjoy, House
Historic house in Washington, D.C., United States. Built 1822. Added to the National Register in 1973, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Hiram W. Johnson House, also known as Mountjoy Bayly House, Chaplains Memorial Building or Parkington, is an historic house at 122 Maryland Avenue, Northeast, Washington, D.C., in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. Built about 1822, it is most notable as the home of Hiram Johnson (1866–1945), a prominent force in the Progressive Party of the early 20th century and its vice presidential candidate under Theodore Roosevelt in the 1912 election. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976, and contributing property to the Capitol Hill Historic District.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 122 Maryland Ave., NE, Washington, DC |
| County | District of Columbia County |
| Listed | Jul 20, 1973 |
| Reference number | 73002072 |
| Built | 1822 |
| Type of place | house |
| Style | Federal architecture, Second Empire architecture in the United States and Canada |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
| Standing | Yes |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 122 Maryland Ave., NE, Washington, DC |
| Coordinates | 38.89170, -77.00488 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument · 0 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Fort Dupont Park Picnic Areas 3 mi · Rock Creek Park Group Picnic Areas (Dc) 5 mi · Greenbelt Park Ranger Station 8 mi |
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 73002072. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.