- Elliott Coues House
Infobox_nrhp | name =Elliott Coues House
nrhp_type = nhl
caption =
location= 1726 N St., NW,Washington, D.C.
lat_degrees = 38
lat_minutes = 54
lat_seconds = 25
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 77
long_minutes = 2
long_seconds = 24
long_direction = W
locmapin = District of Columbia
area =
built =1887
architect= Unknown
architecture= No Style Listed
designated=May 15 ,1975 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1579&ResourceType=Building
title=Elliott Coues House |accessdate=2008-05-09|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added =May 15 ,1975 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=75002049Elliott Coues House was a home of
Elliott Coues , a leading 19th century ornithologist. Coues led great expansions of the knowledge of North American bird life, helped found the American Ornithologists' Union in 1883, edited approximately 15 volumes of journals, memoirs, and diaries by famous Western explorers and fur traders. He lived in this house from 1887 until his death in 1899.It was declared a
National Historic Landmark in 1975.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/75002049.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Elliott Coues House] |32 KB|date=March, 1975 |author=James Sheire |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/75002049.pdf "Accompanying one photo, exterior, from 1975"] |32 KB]References
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