About this image...

Image Title: Mary Scott Townsend House, Washington, D.C. Foyer, circa 1910

Creator: Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer

Date: Between 1910 and 1911

Summary: Photograph shows stair hall with grand staircase, decorative fireplace, furniture, and sculpture at the Townsend house, later home of Mathilde and B. Sumner Wells, now the Cosmos Club, 2121 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C.

Subjects: Architectural decorations & ornaments--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1920
Entrance halls--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1920
Sculpture--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1920
Stairways--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1920
Townsend, Mary Scott--Homes & haunts--Washington (D.C.)

Places: Washington D.C.

Original Media: Photograph

Collections: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection » more info...

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