Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument

Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument shares the history of the fight for women's equality

Quick Facts

Location:

144 Constitution Avenue, NE, Washington, DC

Significance:

Home of the National Woman's Party founded by Alice Paul

Designation:

National Monument, National Historic Landmark

Amenities

6 listed

Gifts/Souvenirs/Books, Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Junior Ranger Activity, Junior Ranger Booklet Available, Public Transit, Restroom

Home to the National Woman's Party for more than 90 years, this building was the epicenter of the struggle for women's rights. From this house in the shadow of the US Capitol and Supreme Court, Alice Paul and the NWP developed innovative strategies and tactics to advocate for the Equal Rights Amendment and equality for women. President Barack Obama designated the national monument on April 12, 2016. Visitor entrance is on Second Street.

Inscriptions on Historic Plaques

Front Doorway, right side

Residence of Albert Gallatin, peace negotiator and Secretary of the Treasury 1801-1814, who negotiated the Treaty of Ghent. When the British marched on Washington in the summer of 1813, some American patriots with Commodore Joshua Barney and from this house offered the only resistance. This Property was partly burned as was the Capitol and the White House.

Placed by The National Society United States Daughters of 1812 
8th January 1967
Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of their society

Southeast corner of house

The oldest part is one of the earliest buildings in this region.
Robert Sewall bought the property and enlarged the house in 1799, and rebuilt and greatly altered it after war damage in 1814.
Residence and office of Albert Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury, 1801-1813. Here he directed the financing of the Louisiana Purchase from France (1803), which nearly doubled the then area of the United States.
Described in the United States Senate as one of the most historic buildings in Washington in discussion of the bill which preserved it, signed by President Eisenhower, May 29, 1958.
Placed by the Capitol Hill Restoration Society MCMLIX