Host Your Special Event at Anderson House
Highlights
This Beaux Arts mansion, located on Washington’s Embassy
Row only two blocks from Dupont Circle, lends events a
Gilded Age elegance unlike any other site in the area. The
home was built for this purpose for Ambassador Larz
Anderson III and his wife, Isabel Weld Perkins Anderson,
who hosted lavish galas here for Washington’s social and
political elite from 1905 through 1937. These parties were
the highlights of the social season.
The Olmsted
Gallery
This space on the second floor was used by the Andersons
as a promenade, where guests would stroll to dinner from a
formal reception area. Still adorned with the Andersons’
collection of sixteenth-century Flemish tapestries, the
gallery may be used today as a pre-dinner gathering space
for cocktails or as a setting on its own.
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The Ballroom
The first-floor ballroom, an elegant space for formal
dining or dancing, was envisioned by the Andersons as a
setting to impress visitors from abroad. The Steinway
grand piano that was designed for the space remains in
place today and is available to be played during your
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The Hoyt Garden
This small oasis in the middle of the city, which once
led to the Andersons’ stables and tennis courts, still
features some of the Andersons’ original statuary.
There is also a reflecting pool and a white marble
patio, where, weather permitting, a bar can be set up
for your guests.
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Use of Anderson
House
Anderson House is available for your special event.
The house has a variety of spaces to accommodate many
different types of functions, from large, standing
cocktail receptions to intimate seated dinners. All of
these spaces are reserved for your exclusive use for
the duration of your event.
We provide up to six staff members, depending on event
size, to be on hand during and after your event.
Docents are also available (optional) to
answer any questions your guests may have about the
house and its collections. Staff time is an additional
charge.
Anderson House is an historic house museum, so we do have restrictions regarding event size, as
well as the consumption of certain beverages and food.
We also have a list of approved caterers and musicians
from which you are welcome to choose. We will be
pleased to go over these restrictions with you in more
detail as you consider Anderson House for your special
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Rates
$6,500 — for 31 guests up to a maximum of 250
$7,500 — for wedding receptions (100-guest maximum)
*Please note that staff time is additional*
Discounted rates may be available for daytime events.
Availability
Sundays
and Mondays
Both
daytime and evening use is available.
Events may run for a maximum of 5 hours and must end by
11:30 p.m.
Tuesdays through
Saturdays
Evening use only.
Events may begin as early as 6 p.m. and must end by 11:30
p.m.
Please email
events@societyofthecincinnati.org
to check availability and discuss the details of your next
event.
Thank you for your
interest in Anderson House!
