Georgetown

How to Get There

Head southeast on Scott Cir NW toward Rhode Island Ave NW. Exit the traffic circle onto Rhode Island Ave NW. Slight right onto M St NW. Turn right to stay on M St NW. Turn left onto 31st St NW. Turn right onto Blues Alley.

Overview

Georgetown is a historic neighborhood in northwest D.C. on the Potomac River, a port founded in 1751 that predated the federal city by 40 years and stayed a separate municipality until 1871. Its cobblestone streets and Federal-era rowhouses are a National Register historic district (1967), with high-end shops at Wisconsin Avenue and M Street, waterfront restaurants at Washington Harbour (revitalized in 2003), and Georgetown University, a Jesuit school founded in 1789.

Landmarks

• Old Stone House (1765): the oldest house in Washington
• City Tavern Club (1796): the oldest commercial structure in D.C.
• Chesapeake and Ohio Canal: begun in 1829, with a towpath for walks
• Dumbarton Oaks: where the UN charter was outlined in 1944, and Tudor Place
• Healy Hall: Georgetown University's Flemish Romanesque National Historic Landmark (1877-1879)
• Oak Hill Cemetery: a gift of William Corcoran, with a James Renwick chapel and gates
• Forrest-Marbury House: where George Washington met landowners to acquire the district (now the Ukrainian embassy)

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