United States

Trowbridge House

United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

Located in Washington, D.C., the Trowbridge House is an Italianate residence originally constructed in 1859 for William P. Trowbridge, who sold it in 1869. After serving as office space in the early twentieth century, the federal government purchased the building in 1950. Over subsequent decades it housed various government agencies, including the Commission of Fine Arts and, from 1989 to 1993, the President's Drug Advisory Council, before being renovated by 2015 to function as a presidential guest residence for former presidents visiting the capital. The house adjoins Blair House (the President's Guest House) and stands adjacent to the headquarters of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation.