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Georgetown

Georgetown is one of Washington’s oldest neighborhoods, predating the federal city itself. These posts explore its colonial-era streets, Federal rowhouses, working waterfront, and the characters who shaped one of DC’s most enduring communities.

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Wallis as a young girl with long hair and a hatBefore she was the Duchess: Wallis Simpson in DCUpdated May 24Exterior of Martin's Tavern at 1264 Wisconsin Avenue NW in Georgetown, Washington, D.C.Martin’s Tavern Georgetown: JFK, Booth 3, and 93 YearsMay 161860s photograph of the US Capitol with the Washington City Canal in the foregroundBefore It Was Washington, D.C., This Land Was Called RomeUpdated May 15Crowds at the corner of M Street and Wisconsin Avenue in Georgetown at midnight, 1982Georgetown’s Last Call: DC’s Fight Over the Drinking AgeUpdated May 11View of Washington from Georgetown in 1801A Foreigner’s Impressions of Washington in 1801Updated Apr 22Au Pied De Cochon in 1980 with two payphonesAu Pied de Cochon: D.C.’s Iconic Culinary LandmarkOct 14, 2023E.D.E.N. Southworth house in Georgetown. Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth wrote more than 60 novels in the latter part of the 19th century and was one of the most widely read authors of that eraPhotos of Lost Southworth Cottage in GeorgetownApr 13, 2022Abandoned Capitol Traction Company Powerhouse in 1967Jan 19, 2022Carl Mydans’s September 1935 Photos of Georgetown, Washington, D.C.Dec 13, 2021
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