The Anderson House or otherwise known as the Larz Anderson House, is located at 2118 Massachusetts Avenue, NW in the Dupoint Circle of Wahsington, D.C.. The Anderson House was built between 1902 and 1905 as the winter residence of Larz Anderson, an American diplomat. His wife, Isabel Weld Perkins, was an author and American Red Cross volunteer. The Anderson House was designed by architects Aruther Little and Herbert Brown of Boston, they designed the house in the Beaux-Arts style.

The Anderson House is made available for private events, such as the Andersons who used the house to entertain the social and political elite of America and abroad, as well as to showcase their collection of the historic artifacts and fine art. All items of their collection were acquired during their extensive travels.

Since the Anderson’s had no children, Isabel donated the house and its contents to the Society of Cincinnati, after Larz Anderson passed away in 1937. Larz Anderson was a devoted member to the Society of Cincinnati for more than forty years, which is why his wife donated the house and its belongings. In 1939 the Society opened the Anderson House as a museum, it was then listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. In 1996 it was designated as a National Historic Landmark.

The Anderson House continues to serve the public as a headquarters, museum, and a library. Decorated with the Anderson’s collection, visitors can tour the first two floors of the house. In addition to the Anderson’s belongings the Society’s Museum collection include portraits, armaments, and personal artifacts. These artifacts commemorate the war and its participants, objects associated with the history of the Society, including Society of the Cincinnati china, and insignia, portraits and person artifacts from the Anderson family.

Not only does the Anderson house have marvelous artifacts, it has also appeared on A&E. The Anderson House was the feature of a American Castles and has also been seen on C-span. The Society of Cincinnati library collects, preserves, and makes available for research manuscript materials, relating to the military and naval history of the 18th century. This collection not only includes the materials relating to Larz and Isabel Anderson, it contains a variety of modern and rare materials. Some of these materials include military documents, contemporary accounts, maps, discourses, manuscripts, graphic arts, and literature.