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Georgetown Commercial Buildings
Georgetown's commercial history began on the waterfront as...
Old Stone House
The Old Stone House, located at 3051 M Street in Georgetow...
Custom House and Post Office
The building that houses the Custom House and Post Office ...
Volta Laboratory and Bureau
The Volta Laboratory and Bureau building, a National Histo...
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...
Georgetown Historic District
Georgetown was formally established in 1751 when the Maryl...
Old Woodley Park Historic District
The neighborhood now known as Old Woodley Park is a distin...
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park
The Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Canal is one of the most int...
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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 ...
Old Stone House
The Old Stone House, located at 3051 M Street in Georgetown, was built in 1765, making it the oldest standing building in Washington, DC. The exterior of the house is constructed of locally quarried blue granite. The house was built ...
Custom House and Post Office
The building that houses the Custom House and Post Office of Georgetown was designed by Ammi B. Young, the Supervising Architect of the Treasury from 1852 to 1862. The Custom House and Post Office is one of a number of ...
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 ...
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 ...
Georgetown Historic District
Georgetown was formally established in 1751 when the Maryland Assembly authorized a town on the Potomac River on 60 acres of land belonging to George Beall and George Gordon. George Town was named in honor of King George II and ...
Old Woodley Park Historic District
The neighborhood now known as Old Woodley Park is a distinct urban neighborhood, characterized by stately queues of dignified 20th-century rowhouses carefully articulated in the classical language of architecture, embellished by the rich greenery of street landscape, and bordered by ...
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park
The Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Canal is one of the most intact and impressive survivals of the American canal-building era. The C&O Canal is unique in that it remains virtually unbroken and without substantial modification affecting its original character for ...
