Holton Arms School - Scribe Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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2200 S-The residence ot the Honorable and Mrs. William R. Castle. Mr. Castle was the Under Secretary of State during the Hoover Administration.

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The Woodrow Wilson house-the most famous residence on S Street-was occupied by Woodrow Wilson during the years after he left the White House until his death. It is the present home of Mrs. Wilson. To this residence many of his devoted followers came on Armistice Day to pay tribute to him and to receive his greetings given from the little balcony.

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5 X ' ix S and Twenty-second Street-the house ot Mrs. Charles D. Walcott, widow of the former head ot the Geological Survey and Secretary ot the Smithsonian lnstitution. Mrs. Walcott is an authority on the wild flowers indigenous to North America and the Smithsonian has published in several volumes her paintings of the flowers. These steps, known as the Spanish steps, were built by authority of Congress, over thirty-tive years ago, in keeping with Mr. Walcott's de- sire that no street should be cut through into S. He originally bought the lot there under that condition. Considered a public park, the steps were laid out under the direction ot Mr. Wal- cott.