The President Woodrow Wilson House

"-Free entry to Exhibition -1-hour guided tours $10 The home Woodrow and Edith Wilson retired to after leaving the white house in 1921. *"Completed in 1916, the Wilson’s new, very modern home and stately gardens were designed in the Georgian Revival style by renowned architect Waddy Butler Wood—who also designed the home next door. Originally built as the private residence for Henry Parker Fairbanks, an executive at the Bigelow Carpet Company, the S Street house combines classic design with then-modern necessities. Along with a marble entryway and grand staircase, Palladian window, book-lined study, and a solarium overlooking the formal garden, the house also boasts a dumbwaiter and butler’s pantry, a telephone intercom system, and a kitchen stocked with the latest gadgets of the day. The S Street house has been maintained much as it was in 1924, including furniture, art, photographs, state gifts, and the personal effects of President and Mrs. Wilson. The drawing room includes a century-old Steinway piano that President Wilson had in the White House, a framed mosaic that he received on his trip to Italy in 1919 from Pope Benedict XV, and a wall-sized Gobelin tapestry presented by the people of France following World War I. Before President and First Lady Barack and Michelle Obama, the Wilsons were the only President and First Lady to make Washington their permanent home after leaving office. In retirement, the Wilsons received dignitaries and guests at the home, including former British Prime Minister David Lloyd George and former French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau." *From Wilson House Website"