100 Pennsylvania Avenue

The Queen Anne architecture of this prominent Victorian marks it as one of Crestwood’s oldest and most interesting homes. Built late in the 1880s, it included a stable and a gardeners shed and the still-standing porte cochere, the coach door which led to the stables. This became the home, form 1906 to 1908, of Evangeline Booth, founder of the Salvation Army. Commander Booth’s career was distinguished by her social services for women including hospitals for unwed mothers and homes for the aged, in addition to her World War I canteens featuring ‘doughnuts for doughboys” for which she was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. Her leadership helped the Salvation Army develop disaster relief services following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and brought the organization to prominence today as an important force in providing help to those in need. A recent owner repainted the exterior a distinctive Colonial ocher and olive green, and the home stands proudly at the pinnacle of Pennsylvania Avenue.