Interlude Tours: Escorted Tour of Anderson House in Washington, D.C., from Indianapolis
We have a tour coming up for those who’d like to explore Washington, D.C., and foreign embassies in extraordinary detail:
Embassies of Washington, D.C. (click here for itinerary)
April 29-May 3, 2010 (5 days, 4 nights)
- Escorted vacation (0% fuss, 100% vacation!)
- One-hotel tour (unpack just once!)
- Includes home pickup and return (for clients in Marion and adjacent counties)
One magnificent stop on your journey is the famed Anderson House, the headquarters of the Society of the Cincinnati and a National Historic Landmark. According to Wikipedia,
Anderson House was built between 1902 and 1905 as the winter residence of Larz Anderson, an American diplomat, and his wife, Isabel Weld Perkins, an author and American Red Cross volunteer. Architects Arthur Little and Herbert Browne of Boston, Massachusetts designed Anderson House in the Beaux-Arts style. The Andersons used the house to entertain the social and political elite of America and abroad, as well as to showcase their collection of fine art and historic artifacts that the couple acquired in their extensive travels.
Regarding that magnificent collection, the official Society of the Cincinnati website says,
To furnish their domicile and provide an elegance befitting prominent guests, the Andersons assembled a world-class collection of paintings, sculptures, furniture, ceramics, books, and various other artifacts reflecting the their personal interests and tastes, as well as the trends of that era. English paintings, French furniture, Flemish tapestries, Asian decorative arts, and antiquities fill the mansion. The couple also hired renowned mural painters H. Siddons Mowbray and Karl Yens to add personal touches to their grand home sweeping scenes of American history, intimate garden views, and whimsical maps of favorite driving routes around Washington, D.C.
Anderson House is wonderful place to visit in its own right, but it also relates to the theme of the tour, since Larz Anderson was a diplomat, and on this tour you’ll be visiting quite a few foreign embassies in Washington. Why not give it a try? We welcome reservations from Indianapolis, where we are based, or from any location in the United States or Canada.
Photo by APK; used with permission.
–Matt
The Interlude Tours Blog Team
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