Richard Rothwell, a talented builder and stonemason, built 28 9th St. NE for his large family of seven children in 1874. Rothwell worked on many residences and public buildings in Washington, including the US Capitol and the National Building Museum. William Frederick Cody, aka Buffalo Bill, stayed at the Rothwell residence frequently during the years of his Wild West Show. Anna Rothwell, daughter of Richard Rothwell, married William Peake, who was a business partner of Buffalo Bill’s. Thus, the home began to be known as the “Buffalo Bill House.”

This house is directly across the street from a small park I sometimes take Sahraa to, but I had no idea Buffalo Bill used to stay there.

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For more information on this historic sites, go to the restoration society’s web page for the tour at http://chrs.org/historic-sites-tour-2020/

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly unsharp.

‘Maybe I overdid it…’ posted earlier: