District of Columbia
Lincoln Hall
Monday, January 23, 1882
The English Renaissance
Newspaper report
The National Republican, Jan 24, 1882 (opposite)
Newspaper report
The Washington Post, Jan 24, 1882, 1
“He wore Black silk stockings and black knee breeches, which gave his legs a general and remote resemblance of two sticks of licorice.”
The National Tribune, Washington D.C., Jan 28th, 1882, 4
The Evening Critic, Jan 20, 1882, 1
Lincoln Hall
9th and D Streets, N.W., Washington, DC
Built: 1867
Destroyed (fire): December 5, 1886
Related and credits:
The Arlington Hotel (originally Arlington House)
Vermont Avenue between H and I Streets, Washington, DC (now 810 Vermont Avenue NW)
Built: 1868 (E.G. Lind, architect, for William W. Corcoran)
Wilde's Room: No. 151
Enlarged: 1889
Demolished: 1912
Now the site of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
Wilde ended his lecture at Lincoln Hall by saying:
“…for those who find life interesting not for its secrets but for its situations, for its pulsations and not its purpose, the passion of beauty engendered by the decorative arts will be more satisfying than any political or religious enthusiasm, any enthusiasm for humanity, any ecstasy or sorrow of love, for art comes to you professing frankly to give nothing but the highest qualities to your moments as they pass.”
The Washington Post, Jan 24, 1882, 1
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