Jackson Place is aWashington, D.C. street located across from theWhite House and forming the western border ofLafayette Square betweenPennsylvania Avenue andH Street, NW, beginning just south ofConnecticut Avenue. Facing the street are mostly 19th century town homes which are now generally used for government offices or other official functions.

The block is situated on land once owned by the Decatur family, until 1869 when they sold it to Lorenzo Sherwood, who in turn sold the land to John Knower.^[1] In 1957, theFederal government acquired the townhouses on Jackson Place. The government had plans to demolish the buildings to make way for construction of a new Federal office building on the land. In 1962, First LadyJacqueline Kennedy intervened and the project was canceled.^[2]

The block is lined by severaltownhouses constructed in the late 19th century.

ThePeter Parker House (700 Jackson Place), at the corner with Pennsylvania Avenue, was built in 1860. PhysicianPeter Parker was an early resident. It housed theCarnegie Endowment for International Peace for several decades, up until the late 1960s. In the 1980s, it was combined withBlair House.^[3]

704 Jackson Place was combined withBlair House in the 1980s.

708 Jackson Place was built in 1859 forWilliam P. Trowbridge. It has been used as federal office space since the early 1900s. It is being added to theBlair House complex. In about 1951 it became the meeting place for thePsychological Strategy Board.^[4]

712 Jackson Place was built in 1869 for AdmiralJames Blair, but was soon sold toHenry Rathbone. Rathbone is known for accompanying PresidentAbraham Lincoln toFord's Theatre on the night of the assassination. DuringWorld War I, the building was home to theCommittee for Public Information, and for a brief time it housed theWomen’s International League for Peace and Freedom.^[2] It is currently home to theWhite House Fellows program and theHarry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation.^[5]

The building at 716 Jackson Place is owned by the U.S. Government and is reserved for the exclusive use by former Presidents when they are in town. Purchased in the late 1950s, it became the "Presidential Townhouse" in 1969 by PresidentRichard Nixon.^[6] The furnishings were very sparse until it was refurbished using private funds by PresidentGeorge W. Bush. The five-story building includes two dining rooms, multiple bedrooms, and space for aSecret Service detail in the basement.^[6]

718 Jackson Place NW,Washington, D.C., was the fourth and final headquarters for theCongress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), which merged with theAmerican Federation of Labor (AFL) in 1955 to form theAFL-CIO, after originally breaking out of the AFL in 1935.

As of 2008, the federal government owns this building and houses small units attached to theExecutive Office of the President.^[7]

The building at 722 Jackson Place was once the headquarters of the National Woman's Party (NWP) during the time of theSilent Sentinels, the first ever strategic protest of the White House, which lasted over two years asking for women's suffrage. It was the longtime home of theCouncil on Environmental Quality.^[8]

726 Jackson Place was used as temporary White House Press Briefing Room from August 2006 to July 2007 during renovations to theJames S. Brady Press Briefing Room.

730 Jackson Place serves as federal offices. Current tenants include theCouncil on Environmental Quality.^[9]

734 Jackson Place, aNational Historic Landmark, served as the headquarters of theAmerican Peace Society between 1911 and 1946. In the 1970s it was combined with an adjacent building to house the offices of theAmerican Revolution Bicentennial Commission.^[10]

736 Jackson Place was originally built around 1870 for Cornelia Knower Marcy, the widow of Secretary of WarWilliam Learned Marcy. In the 1880s,Michigan RepresentativeJohn Newberry and SenatorJames Blaine lived in the house. In 1887, RepresentativeWilliam Scott bought the house. The house was remodeled in 1895 by Carrere and Hastings.^[1]

The townhouse served as temporary quarters for PresidentTheodore Roosevelt and his staff, while the White House underwent renovations from June 25 to November 6, 1902. Known then as No. 22 Jackson Place, Roosevelt only stayed there briefly, before heading off toOyster Bay,New York. On October 3, 1902, Roosevelt held a meeting in the house to deal with theanthracitecoal strike occurring inPennsylvania.^[1]

The townhouse was bought in 1919 by the Women's City Club of Washington, which remained there until 1944. The house was then sold to theNational Lutheran Council and theUnited Lutheran Church in America.^[1] Today it is nominally the headquarters of theUnited States DOGE Service, formerly the United States Digital Service.

740–744 Jackson Place is home to theWhite House Historical Association.^[11]

Benjamin Henry Latrobe designed theDecatur House, located at 748 Jackson Place. Completed in 1818 for naval heroStephen Decatur and his wife, Susan, its distinguished neo-classical architecture and prominent location across from theWhite House made Decatur House one of the capital's most desirable addresses and home of many of the nation's most prominent figures. Later residents includedHenry Clay,Martin Van Buren, andJudah P. Benjamin. The Decatur House is now owned by theNational Trust for Historic Preservation and used as a museum by theWhite House Historical Association.

The Ewell House, since demolished, was built on Jackson Place in 1819 for Dr. Thomas Ewell, who was a physician in the city, and author of a popular medical book,The History of the Medical Society.^{[citation needed]} For health reasons Ewell left Jackson Place and returned to a farm inPrince William County, Virginia, and subsequently leased the house. Various government officials lived in the house, includingSmith Thompson (Secretary of Navy in the Monroe administration, and later Associate Justice of the Supreme Court),Samuel Southard, John Berrien (Attorney General), andLevi Woodbury (Secretary of Navy, Secretary of Treasury, and later Associate Justice of the Supreme Court),Charles Richard Vaughan (Minister of Great Britain),John C. Spencer (Secretary of War), William C. Rives (father of novelistAmélie Rives Troubetzkoy), Vice PresidentSchuyler Colfax, and GeneralDaniel Edgar Sickles.^[12][13]

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  Peter Parker House, 700 Jackson Place, and adjoining 704 Jackson Place
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  Trowbridge House, 708 Jackson Place
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  White House Fellows and theHarry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, 712 Jackson Place
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  Presidential Townhouse, 716 Jackson Place
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  Original building demolished and replaced with historically accurate design in the 1960s, 718 Jackson Place^[14]
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  Original building demolished and replaced with historically accurate design in the 1960s, 722 Jackson Place^[14]
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  TheWhite House Conference Center was built in the 1960s and replaced a demolished building, 722 Jackson Place^[14]
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  Council on Environmental Quality offices, 730 Jackson Place
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  American Peace Society house, 734 Jackson Place
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  United States Digital Service offices, 736 Jackson Place
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  White House Historical Association offices built in the 1960s and replaced a demolished building, 740 Jackson Place^[14]
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  White House Historical Association offices built in the 1960s and replaced a demolished building, 744 Jackson Place^[14]
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  Decatur House, 748 Jackson Place

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