Active in business and civic organizations, Tompkins was at the time of his death a Director of Woodward & Lothrop, Riggs National Bank, the Washington Boys Club, and the Master Builders Association, and was Chairman, Metropolitan Washington Campaign, 1956, of the American Red Cross.
It was designed by architects York and Sawyer in 1899, completed in 1902, and is an example of Classical Revival architecture.
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The historic Cottage, built in the Gothic revival style, was constructed from 1842 to 1843 as the home of George Washington Riggs, who went on to establish the Riggs National Bank in Washington, D.C. Lincoln lived in the cottage June to November 1862 through 1864 and during the first summer living there, Lincoln drafted the preliminary draft of the Emancipation Proclamation.