Purchased in 1920 by Mildred Barnes Bliss and Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks has expanded and transformed over time from a private home to a key research center within Washington, DC. The house was originally constructed in 1801. The Blisses…

This property was constructed around 1770 and later inherited by Thomas Beall. Around 1871, wings were added to the side elevations and the residence was remodeled. Thus, the Federal style property has bay windows, a cornice and brackets, and a…

The double wooden house on the top of Brickyard Hill is a Georgetown landmark and probably the oldest house in the waterfront area. It was built on what was known as Peter's Square at some time prior to Robert Peter's death in 1806, likely by the…

Andrew Jackson Downing, designer of a romantic vision of the National Mall (not implemented) and among the most romantic figures of 19th-century American design, wrote in 1850 of the need for truth in domestic architecture, that a country home…

In the early 1800s, Washington Bowie (a merchant, real estate speculator, church vestryman, officer of the militia bank--and one of Georgetown's wealthiest men in the first decades of the 19th century) built for himself and his large family a…

In 1871, over concerns of federal mismanagement, President Grant and Congress reorganized the government of the District of Columbia under a new Territorial Governorship. President Grant selected Henry D. Cooke as the first Governor of the District…

Built by Clement Smith between 1815 and 1818, this large and distinguished Federal rowhouse is well known as the former site of the Russian Legation and for its time as the residence of Baron Alexander de Bodisco, Russian minister to the United…

Holy Trinity Church, established in 1787, is the oldest Roman Catholic church in not only Georgetown, but also all of Washington, DC. For years after construction finished in 1794, the church was called "Georgetown Chapel," due to uncertainty around…

Thomas Beall constructed this large Federal house, typical of Northeastern seacoast mansions, as an investment in about 1794. From 1916 to 1920, it was the residence of Newton Diehl Baker, considered by some historians to be among the most…

The John Stoddert Haw House was built between 1816 and 1817, and, like its next-door neighbor, it reflects the typical Georgetown style of building. The house is 2-1/2 stories high with a raised basement. The entrance door is distinguished by a…