The Stephen B. Decatur House Museum
A Tribute to Latrobe

A celebration dinner was held on October 24 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Benjamin Henry Latrobe's appointment by Thomas Jefferson as the nation's first "Surveyor of the Public Buildings" at the Stephen Decatur House and Museum. Latrobe served as the first fully trained architect to practice and teach in the United States. The black-tie affair began with a VIP reception in Statuary Hall in the US Capitol, and concluded with the dinner at Decatur House. Both locations were designed by Latrobe.

Guests dined while enjoying the music of the United States Naval Academy Women's Glee Club. The celebrators were also joined by Swedish Ambassador Jan Eliasson, Colombian Ambassador Luis Alberto Moreno and his wife, Gabriela Febres-Cordero.

The Decatur house formerly served as the home to many 19th century senators, congressman, foreign ministers and other dignitaries, including Henry Clay, secretary of state to Pre s ident John Quincy Adams; Martin Van Buren; and former Vice President George M. Dallas.

Cliff Madison and Patricia O'Donnell	Jan Naylor Cope and Admiral John Dalton, former Secretary of the Navy

Alan Hantman, Constance B. Harriman, Robert McGee, and Reverend Luis Leon	Shannon Fairbanks, Dr. LaSalle effall, Jr. and Elinor Farquhar

Cardinal William Keeler and Former U.N. Ambassador Thomas Pickering	Richard Moe, president of the National Trust for Historic reservation

John E. Chapoton, Sally Chapoton,	Carl Anderson and Ina Ginsberg

Cynthia Malinick, Executive Director of Decatur House, Admiral and Mrs. John Dalton.