The Blair House
National Historical Marker
The Blair House
Purchased in 1836
by Francis P. Blair, Sr.,
friend of Andrew Jackson,
publisher of the Washington "Globe"
and the "Congressional Globe."
Inherited by his son,
Montgomery Blair,
Attorney for Dred Scott,
Postmaster General under Lincoln,
and originator
of the International Postal Union,
who, with his brother,
General Francis P. Blair, Jr.,
defended Lincoln's plan
for a reconstruction of the Union.
Here, at Lincoln's instance,
Robert E. Lee was offered command
of the Union army in the field.
National Park Service
United State
Department of the Interior
Marker is at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Jackson Place, on the right when traveling west on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Courtesy hmdb.org
