The grand red brick at 2000 Massachusetts Avenue was designed by architect John Fraser and built in 1881 for James Gillespie Blaine, one of the most prominent and powerful politicians of the nineteenth century. While the house still bears his name to this day, Blaine occupied it for less than two years.
James Blaine's Dupont Circle Mansion: A Short…
The grand red brick at 2000 Massachusetts Avenue was designed by architect John Fraser and built in 1881 for James Gillespie Blaine, one of the most prominent and powerful politicians of the nineteenth century. While the house still bears his name to this day, Blaine occupied it for less than two years.