Ringgold - Marshall Museum

Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 2:30 4:30 pm
(The Ringgold-Marshall Museum is closed on all Federal Holidays, for the last two weeks of August and December 24 - January 2.)

While much of the land around the DACOR Bacon House was sold to the federal government for construction of the White House grounds and the National Mall, the parcel that includes the House remained in private hands. U.S. Marshal Tench Ringgold was the first owner to build on the site. In 1824-25, he constructed an almost square, two-and-one-half story structure on a full, above-ground English-style basement. Since then, the House has been significantly enlarged and thoroughly renovated several times. Yet, for all the changes, the house still retains much of its original scale, design, craftsmanship, and appeal. Today, the House is a stately red-brick Federal mansion that extends to four-stories and twenty-four rooms and includes the original carriage house, a half-acre garden and bricked rear courtyard. 

Inside, the mansions spacious ceremonial and entertainment rooms are graced with fireplaces, 1840s candlelight chandeliers, and a bounty of antique American, European and Asian furnishings and decorative arts. The House maintains a number of collections including: the Virginia Murray Bacon Collection (ancestor portraits and European decorative arts); the Robert Low Bacon Collection (Americana); the Willard Straight Collection (Chinese art); the Kyoko Schmidt Collection (Japanese art), and the Members Collection (diplomatic memorabilia and cultural artifacts from the world over).

In 2009, DACOR opened the Ringgold-Marshall Museum, which includes the first two floors of the mansion and a gallery housed in what was the original carriage house, to the public.