HOME OF THE COMMANDANTS

Karl Schuon
with color photographs by Louis R. Lowery

Leatherneck Association Inc, Quantico, Va., New & revised edition, 1974. (Originally published in 1966). VG/VG. White boards with stamped gilt decoration and colorful pictorial dust jacket. Dust jacket has minor edgewear, small closed tears & slight chipping, and a small scuff on spine. 7.25x9. Book itself has no evident flaws. Includes a history of the house, a portfolio of contemporary color photographs of the house, a history of the Marine Corps & Marine Barracks, & a biography of each successive commandant. Includes vintage drawings as well as black & white and color photos. Index, 214 pp.

Excerpt: "Square 927 in the old southeast section of Washington, DC, has seen many changes since newly-inaugurated President Thomas Jefferson and LtCol Commandant William Ward Burrows first rode out on a March day in 1801 to look 'for a proper place to fix the Marine Barracks on.' The Commandant's House at the north end of the square, begun by Burrows, was first occupied by his successor, LtCol Commandant Franklin Wharton in 1806. Since that time it has been the official residence of all succeeding Commandants of the Marine Corps and, because it was not burned during the British raid on Washington in 1814, it has good claim to being the oldest public residence in continuous use in the Nation's capital."

$25.00


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