Holt House (Washington, D.C.)
Historic house in Washington, D.C.
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Holt House is a historic house on the grounds of the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.. Thought to have been built before 1814, it is one of the most important examples of early Neoclassical architecture in the city, and was one of the major houses in Washington, D.C., when it was built. Since 1889, its caretaker has been the Smithsonian Institution. It has been left vacant since the 1980s.
In 1964, Holt House was listed in the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites and on the National Register of Historic Places on April 24, 1973 with the following National Register of Historic Places comment on it:
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