Name/Title
"Portrait of Cleveland Abbe"Description
Portrait of Cleveland Abbe (1838-1916)Artwork Details
Medium
Oil on CanvasSubject Person
Cleveland AbbeContext
In 1877, Cleveland Abbe (1838 – 1916) purchased 2017 I Street, NW, (the home of the Arts Club of Washington) and lived there with his wife Frances Martha Neal (Fanny) and their two sons, Cleveland, Jr., and Truman. A native of New York City, Abbe was a Harvard-trained astronomer who worked for the United States Weather Bureau and is recognized for issuing its first official weather forecast. Fanny died in 1908; Abbe remarried the following year and moved to Chevy Chase, Maryland. He rented the house to St. John’s School for Girls and, in 1916, to the Arts Club of Washington, which purchased it from Abbe's heirs in 1918.Location
Building
H-102 First floor hallwayAcquisition
Acquisition Method
GiftDate
2020Acquired From
Henry Sienkiewicz and Jeffrey BradyUpdate Date
August 25, 2025