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Headquarters of The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America

The mission of the Dumbarton House museum, a Federal period historic house, is to preserve the historic structure and its collections and to educate the public about life in Washington , DC , during the early years of the Republic. Emphasis is placed on Joseph Nourse, first Register of the Treasury, and his family, and their occupation of the property from 1804 through 1813.

Dumbarton House "is... one of the very finest and most beautiful houses in the United States," according to architectural historian Fiske Kimball, consulting architect for its original restoration. Dumbarton House reflects the emerging Adamesque style of architecture of the early Republic, and has an outstanding collection of Federal period furniture and decorative arts.

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