Decatur House is currently offering the following promotional rates:

• Preferred Vendor Discount Rates
• Summer Associates Tours

PROMOTIONS
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Preferred Vendor Discount Rates
Contract with one of our Preferred Vendors and receive the following discounted rates: January - March and July-August, excluding holidays

Winter Rates
January 2nd- March 30th (excluding holidays)

Event and Reception

Monday – Thursday: $3,500.00; $3,000.00 501 C-3
Friday- Sunday: $4,700.00 (8hr); $5,500.00 (10hr)

Summer Rates
July 9th- August 31st (excluding holidays)

Event and Reception

Monday – Thursday: $3,900; $3,000.00 501 C-3
Friday – Saturday: $5,300.00 (8hr); $6,300.00 (10hr)

Historic Parlors (Winter/Summer)

$3,500 Standing
$4,300 Seated

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Summer Associates Tours

Decatur House is pleased to invite summer associates to be a part of its long history of entertaining. Featuring specially-themed tours of intrigue and politics, our Summer Associates Package welcomes you to entertain your associates
at one of the most historic landmarks in Washington.

Choose among a variety of tour options to suit the interests of your associates - we are pleased to offer either our standard historic house tour, or these specially-themed tours of the house and our Lafayette Square neighborhood.

Parties and Politics at Decatur House
Since its construction by naval hero Stephen Decatur in
1818, Decatur House has been at the center of the
social and political life of the capital. During the
Andrew Jackson administration, the resignation of the
entire cabinet over the "Peggy Eaton Affair" may have
been sparked when Secretary of State Van Buren asked
the controversial Mrs. Eaton to dance in the Decatur
House ballroom. In the twentieth century, Decatur
House owner Marie Beale entertained lavishly for the
diplomatic corp and prominent politicians. Legend has
it that Mrs. Beale banished the young Senator John F.
Kennedy to a table near the service stair because she was
unhappy with his choice of attire. From its gas-lit
entrance on Lafayette Square to the its hidden service
spaces, learn more about the almost two centuries of
parties and politics as you tour the elegant Decatur
House.

Scandal and Intrigue on Lafayette Square
Decatur House was the first private home built on
Lafayette Square and, by the mid-19th century, the
Square was one of the most exclusive residential
neighborhoods in Washington. With so many
prominent political figures, government officials,
artists, diplomats, and business owners living in such
close proximity to one another and to the White
House, a number of shocking dramas have played out
on the Square. Explore Madison and Jackson Places on
this walking tour and learn how assassination attempts,
crimes of passion, espionage, sensational lawsuits, and
even prairie dogs have been a part of the scandalous
history of Lafayette Square.

Pricing

Summer Associate Tours Event and Reception rates:

* $3000
* $2000 for 501 C-3 organizations
Summer Associate Tours may be booked Monday-Thursday. Rates include seven (7) hours of event time, including three (3) hours for set up and clean up.

For more information

Please contact Arioth Harrison, Director of Special Events,
202.842.0917 phone.