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14 de ago. de 2006 · Former home of: Evalyn Walsh McLean (Mining Heiress, Socialite, Last Owner of the Hope Diamond) Located: 3308 R St. NW, near Wisconsin Ave NW This was the final home of Evalyn Walsh McLean, flashy owner of the 44.5 carat Hope Diamond. Her childhood home, built by Tom Walsh to upstage rivals among Washington's burgeoning nouveaux riches, still stands at 2020 Massachusetts Avenue and is now the ...
Correspondence, memoranda, business and legal records, notes, printed matter, scrapbooks, broadsides, photographs, and other papers pertaining primarily to McLean's leading role in the social life of Washington, D.C. Business records relate chiefly to the Colorado mining interests of her father, Thomas F. Walsh, and the Walsh family as well as to the publishing interests of her husband, Edward ...
When Evalyn and Ned McLean got married in 1908, they seemed to have it all. A golden couple, they had wealth, connections and loving families. As a wedding present, the McLeans got a summer cottage (read “mansion”) in Bar Harbor, Maine. Bar Harbor had for decades been a magnet for Gilded Age show-offs. That first summer was perhaps their ...
15 de abr. de 2021 · Evalyn Walsh McLean, American heiress, wearing the Hope Diamond, circa 1920. After buying the diamond in 1912, McLean wore it frequently to high-society gatherings. GRANGER/ALBUM.
On the 26th of April, 1947, Evalyn Walsh McLean, the mining heiress, died at her Georgetown mansion that overlooked Washington, D.C. She was 60 years old. Naturally one of the first things her ...
Joseph McLean Gregory is the great-grandson of Evalyn Walsh McLean. Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, he was educated at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, and is the president and founder of Hope Diamond Collection. A noted author and historian, Joseph has received rave reviews for his books, Queen of Diamonds and his latest book ...
The papers of Evalyn Walsh McLean, socialite, of Washington, D.C., daughter of Thomas F. Walsh, married Edward Beale McLean in 1907, and later divorced, were given to the Library of Congress by Thurman Arnold, executor of the McLean estate, in 1949. Processing History The papers of Evalyn Walsh McLean were processed in 1964.
