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East Side, West Side All Around Georgetown click on the picture to see the next. East Side: 1222 28th Street. This tiny cottage, built before 1775, is one of the oldest in Georgetown. The house remains very much in its original state, hand hewn timbers and all, a tribute to the craftsmen who built it. At N Street, turn west to 2806 N, built circa 1805. It was restored by Mr. And Mrs. John Walker, III, he the former director of the National Gallery of Art. Foxhall House at 2908 N Street. A dignified brick wall with iron gate add privacy to this graceful 18th C. House. It was once owned by Henry Foxhall, whose foundry provided guns for the War of 1812. The foundry was one of the objectives marked for destruction by the British. Foxhall vowed that he would build a church if God would spare his property. The British were turned back by a destructive hurricane. The Foundry Methodist Church in Washington is the fulfilment of his vow. Edes Home, 2929 N Street (n.e. Corner of 29th and N) was provided by the will of Miss Margaret Edes for "widows of Georgetown." Today, it is a private residence, but we still call it Edes Home. 1248 30th Street, just below N. Where but in Georgetown would a former Under Secretary of the Treasury live in a coach house? Originally a "coach house" for the Laird-Dunlop House at 3014 N Street, the house has been beautifully refurbished. 3038 N Street, built in 1805. Colonel and Mrs. Henry Leonard restored this fine town house back in the 1950s. Gov. William Scranton of Pennsylvania lived here when he was in Congress. Ambassador W. Averell Harriman loaned it to Mrs. Jacqueline kennedy for several months in 1964 after the President was assassinated. Despite all these famous occupants, the house is known to old-timne Georgetowners as "Old Dr. Riley's." Returning to 30th Street, walk north to 1311 30th Street. The Colonial served from 1826 to 1831 as Miss Lydia English's Georgetown Female Seminary and was visited by Martin Van Buren, James Buchanan, Daniel Webster and Henry Clay. It was a Union Army hospital during the Civil War. At the southwest corner of 31st and Dumbarton is the Berry House, 3100 Dumbarton Ave. When the house was built in 1810, the street was at a much higher level which explains why the Dumbarton entrance is so far above the present day street. A few steps north at 1319 30th Street is Hyde House. This 1798 house had more than twenty coats of paint removed when it was restored in 1943. The bricks and joint work are original. Hyde's trade suited his name. An old sign in the house read "Hyde's my name, and Hides I buy: 3 cents for wet and 5 cents for dry." Christ Episcopal Church, at 31st and O Streets, built 1817, held its first service in 1818 attended by Georgetowners Francis Scott Key, John Stoddert Haw, Ulysses Ward and Jihn Pickrell. Georgetown Presbyterian Church, 3115 P Street, was restored in 1955 to the form of its predecessor, the famous 1821 Bridge Street Church. Now in its 221st year, the congregation was organized in 1780 by Dr. Stephen Bloomer Balch. - Between 31st Street and Jefferson Place is this charming canal scene often visited by camera buffs, artists and tourists. ---------------------- West Side When houses were first built on Prospect Street, they had a fine prospect of Georgetown harbor filled with ships and the wilds of Virginia across the Potomac. A walk along Prospect Street today still affords occasional glimpses of the river and Virginia; it also provides an opportunity to see some fine houses of the early days. 3260 Prospect Street (southwest corner of Prospect and Potomac) was built in 1770 by Richard Thomason, founder of the First Presbyterian Church. The building served as a store and a bakery before its restoration in 1940. Halcyon House, 3400 Prospect Street (Southwest corner of Prospect and 34th Street). The first Secretary of the Navy, Benjamin Stoddert, built the original portion of Haylcyon House in 1783. The magnificent front door cannont be seen from the street, as the house was built to face the river. The handsome gardens behind the house are said to have been laid out by L'Enfant, who planned the city of Washington. Worthington House, 3425 Prospect Avenue. Senator Clairborne Pell of Rhode Island lived in this gracios house which was built in 1798 by John Thomason Mason. Although a Dr. Charles Worthington, who bought it in 1810, renamed it "Quality Hill," it is known today as Worthington House. Prospect House, 3508 Prospect Street. William Thornton, designer of the Capitol, is said to have designed this home, which was built in 1788. Lafayette was a house guest here and presdient John Adams and his cabinet were visitors. It was linked with history again when Secretary of Defense James V. Forrestal was the owner, as congressmen and senators held secret conferences with the Secretay during the early days of armed forces unification. Later the State Department used the house for several years as a guest house. From the West, one can seen an octagonal watchtower from which John Templeman, the owner, is said to have watched his ships sail into Georgetown harbor. Walking up 36th Street to N Street, we pass Holy Trinity Church, which President Kennedy attended with his family before and after his inauguration. The present building, dedicated in 1851, was used as an Army hospital during the Civil War. Holy Trinity Church was founded in 1789 by Archbishop John Carroll, the first Catholic bishop in America and a cousin of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, signer of the Declaration of Independence. A few blocks down O Street (off our walking tour) there is a statue of Archbishop Carroll at the entrance to Georgetown University, which he founded in 1789. We next walk one block east on O Street and north on 35th Street. On the west side of the street stands Georgetown Visitation Convent, founded in 1789 by Bishop Leonard Neale, S.J., first President of Georgetown University. The white chapel was built in 1824; the large Victorian building, 1873. Across the street at 1527 35th Street (southeast corner of Volta Place and 35th Street) is the former home of Alexander Graham Bell. When Dr. Bell lived in this house, he conducted experiments in the small stucco house at 3444 Volta Place (which is now a separate residence). The Volta Bureau, 1537 35th Street (northest corner Volta Place and 35th Street) is the headquarters of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf, Inc. Dr. Bell founded the Volta Bureau to promote the teaching of deaf children to speak and lipread. The Bureau's library, which includes Dr. Bell's personal collection, contains books in more than twenty languages. We next walk east on Volta Place. Facing the Georgetown playground we see Pomander Walk, south of Volta Place between 33rd an 34th Streets). The trim little houses on this court were once slave quarters and later slums. We continue east on Volta Place to 33rd Street, then turn south to the Yellow Tavern or White Horse Inn, at 1524 33rd Street. As the plaque erected by the White Horse Inn informs us, "When Georgetown was already a port the tavern was a favorite stopping place for travelers and tobacco merchants from Frederick Town; and also a popular meeting place of Thomas Jefferson and toher notables. Here Mayor John Cox entertained General Lafayette. Proceeding to P Street, we walk east to 3327 P Street. The handsome doorway of this house, built around 1820, has a fine fan light. The house has a garen which can be enjoyed by passers-by as well as a Georgetown-style private garden in back. Waggaman House, 3400 P Street (southwest corner of 34th and P Streets). Thomas Waggaman, who lived here in the 1890s, built an addition on the west for his private art gallery. Today the building is a separate residence. Eden House, 3300 O Street, was built by a sea captain in 1845. It has thirteen fireplaces and a "widow's lookout" on the roof. top |
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