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Tudor Place: One of Georgetown's finest mansions, Tudor Place maintains much of its original 19th-century appearance.
Tudor Place is among the foremost Federal-era mansions in the nation, designed by William Thornton, architect of the U.S. Capitol. Construction of the house began circa 1794, was completed circa 1815,…
Saint John’s Church, Georgetown: This Episcopal church became an important site for the Georgetown community of the early 1800s.
Construction started on Saint John's Church in 1796, building on land that had originally been purchased and set aside by the Church of England in 1769. The church's exterior, designed in the Federal…
Octagon House (John Tayloe House): The Octagon is noteworthy for both its innovative architecture and its historical inhabitants.
Funded by one of the newly created Federal City’s leading families, Octagon House was physically constructed with enslaved labor. Originally built between 1799 and 1800 as a town residence for Colonel…