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Built between 1799 and 1802 by Colonel John Tayloe III (1771-1828) and his wife Ann Ogle Tayloe (1772-1855), and designed by Dr. William Thornton (1759-1828), the Octagon was occupied by President and Mrs. Madison from August 1814 to March 1815 after the British burned the White House during the War of 1812. President Madison ratified the Treaty of Ghent here on February 15, 1815, ending the War of 1812. It later served as headquarters of the American Institute of Architects from 1898 to 1949 and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960.
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