Thacher, John, 1904-1982

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Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Director's House and Terrace

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks / Collection: Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives / Series: Photographs

Sub-Series — Folder 12Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001

Scope and Contents: Seven black and white photographs of exterior and interior views of the Director's House and Terrace. Before 1941, the building that anchored the southern side of the Service Court was the Garage. The second-floor residential rooms housed some of the Blisses’ male staff.After the Robert and Mildred Bliss gifted Dumbarton Oaks to Harvard University, architect Thomas T. Waterman converted the upstairs living areas into a single residence for John Thacher and his family. The...

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Subject: Historic gardens -- Washington (D.C.) X