they had three children, however, only one survived into adulthood: Harriet Louise Corcoran (1836–1837), who died in infancy. Louise Morris Corcoran (1838–1867), who married George Eustis, Jr. (1828–1872) in 1859. Charles Morris Corcoran (1840–1841), who also died in infancy. Corcoran joined the Potomac Lodge No. 5 of Free and Accepted Masons in Georgetown and was raised as a Master Mason on July 26, 1827. After his wife died in 1840, Corcoran chose not to marry again. He died on February 24, 1888, in Washington, DC, and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery. Descendants Through his surviving daughter Louise, he was the grandfather of William Corcoran Eustis (1862–1921) and Louise Marie Eustis Hitchcock (1867–1934), who married Thomas Hitchcock (1860–1941), in 1891. Corcoran's niece, Mrs. S. Charles Hill, founded the Washington Home for Incurables. Legacy The bank Corcoran co-founded in 1840 existed as Riggs Bank up until 2005, when it was taken over by PNC Bank. The Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. was one of the oldest American private museums focusing on American art until it was dissolved in 2014 with its art collections given to the National Gallery of Art and the building (including art school) transferred to George Washington University in Washington, DC. Corcoran has a street named after him in the Dupont Circle neighborhood in the District of Columbia between Q street and R street NW, one block away from Riggs Street. As well, the Corcoran neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota which is bounded by East Lake Street to the north, East 36th Street to the south, Hiawatha Avenue to the east, and Cedar Avenue to the west, is named for William Corcoran. Mount Corcoran in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California is named in his honor. References Bibliography External links Corcoran Gallery of Art 1798 births 1888 deaths American art collectors American bankers American philanthropists American financial businesspeople Businesspeople from Washington, D.C. George Washington University trustees Museum founders Corcoran family People from Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) American slave traders Burials at Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) Southern Historical Society Georgetown College (Georgetown University) alumni