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National Trust for Historic Preservation
The National Trust for Historic Preservation headquarters,...
Massachusetts Avenue Historic District
The Massachusetts Avenue Historic District is linearly con...
Georgetown Commercial Buildings
Georgetown's commercial history began on the waterfront as...
Georgetown Market
The Georgetown Market, located at 3276 M Street, between E...
Volta Laboratory and Bureau
The Volta Laboratory and Bureau building, a National Histo...
Georgetown University
Georgetown University, founded in 1789, is the oldest Cath...
Dumbarton House
Dumbarton House is a significant example of early Federal ...
Tudor Place
Designed by Dr. William Thornton, who also designed the U....
Montrose and Dumbarton Parks
Montrose Park occupies land that belonged to ropemaking ma...
Mt. Zion Cemetery
The Mount Zion Cemetery is composed of two separate adjace...
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National Trust for Historic Preservation
The National Trust for Historic Preservation headquarters, also known as the McCormick Apartments, was constructed between 1917--1922 and designed by Jules Henri de Sibour. Sibour was commissioned by Chicago-based millionaire Stanley McCormick to create "the most luxurious apartment building in ...
Massachusetts Avenue Historic District
The Massachusetts Avenue Historic District is linearly conceived. L'Enfant planned Massachusetts Avenue as a transverse avenue crossing the city diagonally from the Eastern Branch to Rock Creek. The longest of the transverse avenues, it is roughly parallel to Pennsylvania Avenue ...
Georgetown Commercial Buildings
Georgetown's commercial history began on the waterfront as a shipping center. Sprawled along the waterfront were warehouses and wharves, sailor's taverns, flour mills and a fleet of ships. Tobacco was the lifeblood of the new community, and in 1745, a ...
Georgetown Market
The Georgetown Market, located at 3276 M Street, between East and West Market Streets in Georgetown, was built in 1865 on the site of an earlier 1795 market, which was the first public market in Washington, DC. The one-story brick ...
Volta Laboratory and Bureau
The Volta Laboratory and Bureau building, a National Historic Landmark, was constructed in 1893 under the direction of Alexander Graham Bell to serve as a center of information for deaf and hard of hearing persons. Bell, best known for receiving ...
Georgetown University
Georgetown University, founded in 1789, is the oldest Catholic University in America and since 1805 has been administered by the Society of Jesus. The first buildings were constructed around the "old quadrangle," including Healy Hall, constructed between 1877--1909 and designed ...
Dumbarton House
Dumbarton House is a significant example of early Federal period architecture that features 18th- and 19th-century furniture and decorative arts (paintings, textiles, silver, and ceramics), made and used during the Republic's formative years. Constructed around 1800 in an Adamesque Federal ...
Tudor Place
Designed by Dr. William Thornton, who also designed the U.S. Capitol as well as the Octagon House , Tudor Place was the home of Thomas and Martha Custis Peter. Martha Custis Peter was the step-granddaughter of George Washington, who left ...
Montrose and Dumbarton Parks
Montrose Park occupies land that belonged to ropemaking magnate Robert Parrott during the early 19th century. Parrott generously allowed Georgetown residents to use his tract of land for picnics and meetings. The area became known as Parrott's Woods and by ...
Mt. Zion Cemetery
The Mount Zion Cemetery is composed of two separate adjacent cemeteries, the old Methodist Burying Ground and the Female Union Band Society Graveyard. The two cemeteries equally share the three acres of land. There is no fence or other visible ...
