A published playwright and journalist, Clare Booth Luce also served in the House of Representatives (R-CT). She was later named ambassador to Italy and Brazil, and awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan.
Luce was a managing editor for Vanity Fair, and a writer for Life Magazine and McCall’s. She wrote six plays, including Abide with Me (1935), The Women (1936), Child of the Morning (1951) and Slam the Door Softly (1970).
The Homes
2639 I St. NW, Washington, DC
The Watergate complex was designed as DC’s first mixed-used development, with offices, a hotel, and three separate apartment buildings rising to 14 stories. A “city within a city,” the complex also included a health club, restaurants, a shopping mall, medical offices, a grocery, and a post office. With its distinctive curves, this was one of the first computer-assisted-design (CAD) architectural projects in the US.
Also home to: Art Buchwald
Clare Booth Luce
2660 Woodley Rd. NW
Located in Woodley Park neighborhood, Northwest- West of Rock Creek
Clare Booth Luce
2639 I St. NW, Washington DC
Located in Foggy Bottom neighborhood, Northwest - East of Rock Creek