was the home of thomas peter and his wife martha parke custis peter, granddaughter of martha washington. six generations of the peter family lived in the house until 1984. we take a tour with the curator, who shows us a letter from george washington, a bomb shelter, and a signed photo of woodrow wilson. grant: hi, i am the curator at tudor house and historic garden and we will take a look at some of the amazing objects we have in our collection. tudor place was home to the peter family from 1805 until 1983, five different generations lived here. it was the wishes of the last owner that the house become a museum so that the public could enjoy the amazing collection of objects. i want to talk about the architecture. when thomas and martha peter purchased the house it was eight and a half acres and only the two end wings were here with nothing in between. the owner originally planned to add more to the house but never did. they started talking with their friend, a doctor and amateur architect, about designing a grand house for them. he designed the octagon house in washington. he incorpora

was the home of thomas peter and his wife martha parke custis peter, granddaughter of martha washington six generations of the peter family lived in the house until 1984. we take a tour with the curator, who shows us a letter from george washington, a bomb shelter, and a signed photo of woodrow wilson.

tutor place was the home of thomas peter and his wife martha parke custis peter, granddaughter of marthaashington. six generations of the peter family lived in the house until 1984. we take a