Season 2, Episode 27-William Howard Taft and Washington, D.C.

Posted byvisitingthepresidentsPosted inUncategorizedTags:, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Listen To This Episode!

Season 2, Episode 27: William Howard Taft and Washington, DC

Heading to the nation’s capital and the Kalorama neighborhood of Washington, D.C., for the home of William Howard Taft, 27th President and 10th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Learn about William’s judicial and political rise; his Presidency; his wife, Helen, and family; as well as his homes!

Be sure to check out William Howard Taft’s “Visiting the Presidents” Episode from Season 1, “William Howard Taft and Cincinnati” on his birthplace!

Also, be sure to listen to William Howard Taft’s “Visiting the Presidents” from Season 3, “William Howard Taft’s Tomb” on his gravesite!

William Howard Taft Home from History’s Homes.

William Howard Taft’s Connecticut Avenue Apartment from DC Curbed.

The Quarry, the Taft Cincinnati Home from Realtor.com.

The Taft Summer Home from Beverly Historical Society.

From My June 2022 Visit!

William Howard Taft’s Kalorama Home!
The Syrian Embassy!
Over the gate
Syrian Embassy
From the other street
Huge home!
The Taft Kalorama home, now the Syrian Embassy.
The Quarry, the Taft home on McMillan in Cincinnati.
The Taft Summer Home
William Howard Taft’s Oval Office.
Oval Office at center of West Wing under Taft.
Helen and William Howard Taft

President William Howard Taft Home: 2215 Wyoming Ave NW, Washington, DC.

Check Out the Most Recent Episodes!

How I Spent My Summer of Presidential Travels 2026, Part 1! – Visiting the Presidents

BONUS episode featuring my summer of presidential travels as I fit in as many birthplaces, gravesites, homes, and other sites into one history professor's summer break. My trip back to Ohio from Arizona, and the start of my New England swing! Links to Previous Episodes Mentioned:Birthplaces"Andrew Johnson and Raleigh""Calvin Coolidge and Plymouth Notch""Lyndon Johnson and Stonewall"Homes"Franklin Pierce and Concord""Abraham Lincoln and Springfield""Benjamin Harrison and Indianapolis""Calvin Coolidge and Northampton" for the Coolidge Homestead"Franklin Roosevelt and Warm Springs" for Campobello Island "Lyndon Johnson and the LBJ Ranch"Gravesites"Millard Fillmore's Tomb""Franklin Pierce's Tomb" "Abraham Lincoln's Tomb""Benjamin Harrison's Tomb" "Calvin Coolidge's Tomb""Lyndon Johnson's Tomb" Support the showAlso, check out “Visiting the Presidents” on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! Support the showAlso, check out “Visiting the Presidents” on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! 
  1. How I Spent My Summer of Presidential Travels 2026, Part 1!
  2. S3 E38 Gerald Fords Tomb
  3. S3 E37 Richard Nixon's Tomb
  4. S3 E36 Lyndon Johnson's Tomb
  5. S3 E35 John F Kennedy's Tomb

Recommended Readings for William Howard Taft

Henry Pringle, The Life and Times of William Howard Taft.
Judith Icke Anderson, William Howard Taft: An Intimate History.
David Burton, William Howard Taft: Confident Peacemaker.
Doris Kearns Goodwin, The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism.

Published by visitingthepresidents

I'm a Professor of History at Central Arizona College and someone who loves history and travel; my new blog will combine those interests!

2 thoughts on “Season 2, Episode 27-William Howard Taft and Washington, D.C.”

  1. Pingback: Season 1, Episode 27-William Howard Taft and Cincinnati – Visiting the Presidents
  2. Pingback: Season 3, Episode 27-William Howard Taft’s Tomb – Visiting the Presidents

Leave a Reply