Hello again stephenh and thank you for your question.
Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt actually lived in two houses in Washington DC.
"Where did Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt live?"
"Washington, DC: In 1913, when Woodrow Wilson appointed FDR assistant
secretary of the navy, ER and FDR moved to Washington, DC where they
rented Auntie Bye's home at 1733 N Street, NW. In autumn 1917, they
rented a larger home at 2131 R Street, NW."
http://www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/abouteleanor/q-and-a/q10.htm
"In 1912 F.D.R. supported. Woodrow Wilson for the presidency and
Woodrow Wilson won. Wilson appointed F.D.R. Assistant Secretary of the
Navy. The Roosevelts moved to 1733 N. Street, Washington D.C. Eleanor
was becoming a veteran at moving her large family from Washington, to
Hyde Park, to New York, to Campobello, and back, to and fro, again and
again."
http://www.mincava.umn.edu/documents/pnvcur7-12/eleanor.shtml
Map of 1733 N. Street
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?address=1733%20N%20&city=Washington&state=DC&county=District
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"Beneath its canopy, then-Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D.
Roosevelt's affair with Lucy Mercer blossomed in 1916-18. Eleanor
Roosevelt's discovery of FDR's dalliance from love letters in their
home at 2131 R St. NW was the devastating blow that launched her
transformation from meek helpmate to icon of female independence."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A11161-2003Sep27?language=printer
"Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt lived at 2131 R Street, while
Roosevelt was Assistant Secretary of the Navy, a significant launching
pad for his campaign for Vice President in 1920 (see box). Across the
street from the Roosevelts, at 2132 R Street, was the home of Attorney
General A. Mitchell Palmer."
http://www.cosmos-club.org/journals/1999/weimer.html
Map of 2131 R Street
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?location=1bG6l9kTbj%2bqnBay0%2bDxPlZdARUSa69v9nKHddzOqzLZevmAMnri2ogFcXbAagGidFgVfZgagA5xim3mvmLhIbgUq%2bu41Ph6gAf2RXyEHrhCv4FVep3w3kR0ZoLmfnDm&address=2131%20r&city=Washington&state=DC&country=US
Thank you for your question, and if you need any clarification of my
answer do not hesitate to ask.
Very best regards
THX1138
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