page_title: Tingey House
section_title: Location
hierarchical_section_title: Tingey House / Location
caption_attribution_description: English: Historic American Buildings Survey Delos H. Smith, Photographer February 25, 1936 VIEW FROM SOUTHEAST (front) - Navy Yard, Commandant's House, Eighth &amp; M Streets Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
context_page_description: Tingey House, officially known as Quarters A, is the official residence of the Chief of Naval Operations of the United States Navy. Built in 1804, it is located at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., and is part of the Yard's historic Officers Quarters. The residence is known as Tingey House in honor of its first resident, former U.S. Navy officer Thomas Tingey. According to popular legend, Tingey's ghost haunts the property.
context_section_description: Tingey House is located on the grounds of the Washington Navy Yard and adjoins Leutze Park, the yard's parade ground.  It is part of "Admirals' Row" (Officers Quarters), a group of historic homes that serve as official residences for senior Navy officers and their families. The House is also called the Commandant's Quarters or Commandant's House. 
  Tingey House lies immediately east of the Latrobe Gate (also called the "Main Gate").
caption: Tingey House pictured in 1936
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