The grand red brick mansion just west of Dupont Circle at 2000 Massachusetts Avenue, NW was designed by architect John Fraser and built in 1881 for James G. Blaine, one of the most prominent and powerful politicians of the 19th century. While the house still bears his name to this day, Blaine occupied it for less than two years.
Blaine mansion at 2000 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, circa 1900. photo – Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.