The Arts Club History Committee invites fellow members and a guest to to join our new docents in a visit to the Anderson House-The American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati where we will learn about James Monroe's Revolutionary War service and the lifestyles of Gilded Age Washington that led to the Arts Club's founding.
Anderson House Private Tour
Wednesday, September 25, 10:45 a.m.
Space is limited; RSVP is required
Experience the history and splendor of a 1905 Beaux Arts mansion built as the winter home of Larz Anderson, an American diplomat, and his wife, Isabel, designated a National Historic Landmark in 1996. The Andersons built their Washington home primarily for entertaining. From 1905 to 1937, they hosted diplomatic and inaugural receptions, formal dinners and luncheons, and concerts. The Andersons' guest lists included the most prominent statesmen and intellectuals from the United States and abroad, including William H. Taft, Calvin Coolidge, and Winston Churchill.
When Larz Anderson died in 1937, Isabel oversaw the gift of Anderson House and much of its original furnishings to The Society of the Cincinnati, a patriotic organization of which Larz had been a devoted member. Founded in 1783 by George Washington and other officers of the Continental Army, the Society is a non-profit historical organization devoted to preserving the memory of the American Revolution.
