Edson Bradley, Jr. (May 9, 1852 – June 20, 1935) was president of Kentucky whiskey distiller W.A.
An account stated that it was constructed for his wife and it cost him two million dollars.
[3] The house, which included a seven acre lawn and located close to the shore of the Atlantic Ocean, earned for its architect, Howard Greenley, an Architectural League of New York prize.
Bradley and his wife became active in the social life of Washington, D.C., after they acquired and made Gardiner Greene Hubbard's house at Dupont Circle their winter home in 1907.
[4] Bradley's wife became known for her "American Beauty Ball", which exhausted the city's American Beauty roses market for days since the flowers were used to decorate their house.