Washington DC Heritage Trail project

In October 2013, Dana Ellyn began her newest big painting project. She is using the Cultural Tourism DC Neighborhood Heritage Trail guides to inspire a new series of paintings. She has started with the Downtown Heritage Trail, "Civil War to Civil Rights" which begins just steps from the front door of her studio.

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Mount Pleasant Heritage Trail 8. The Oldest House (18th & Newton St NW)
The Assassination of President Garfield

'Ingleside' is the name of a grand house that stands at 1818 Newton Street in NW Washington, DC. In 1854 it was purchased by NY Congressman Hiram Walbridge. The house stayed in the family for 30 years and its residents included Hiram's stepdaughter and her husband, George Corkhill. Corkhill was the attorney who prosecuted President James A. Garfield's assassin in 1881.

James A. Garfield was the 20th President of the United States. On July 2, 1881 he was shot with a Bulldog revolver by Charles A. Guiteau. Doctors couldn't determine the location of the bullet. At least a dozen medical experts probed the president with their bare hands and unsterilzed instruments. An autopsy revealed that the bullet had pierced Garfield's first lumbar vertebra.
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The Assassination of
President Garfield
11"x19"
mixed on wood
detail 1 detail 2
detail 3 detail 4
detail 5

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