Frances Perkins House

Frances Perkins House

Infobox_nrhp | name =Frances Perkins House
nrhp_type = nhl


caption =
location= 2326 California St., NW., Washington, D.C.
lat_degrees = 38
lat_minutes = 54
lat_seconds = 55
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 77
long_minutes = 3
long_seconds = 7
long_direction = W
locmapin = District of Columbia
area =
architect= Alexander H. Sonneman
architecture= Colonial Revival
designated= July 17, 1991cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2113&ResourceType=Building
title=Frances Perkins House |accessdate=2008-05-12|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = July 17, 1991cite 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=91002048

Frances Perkins House was a home of Frances Perkins, who served as Secretary of Labor for president Franklin Delano Roosevelt. She was the first female U.S. cabinet member.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1991.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/91002048.pdf National Register of Historic Places Registration: Frances Perkins House] |32 KB|date=January 7, 1990 |author=Page Putnam Miller |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/91002048.pdf "Accompanying one photo, exterior, from 1989"] |32 KB]

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