Georgetown is a historic

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, and commercial and entertainment district located in

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Washington, D.C., situated along the

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. Founded in 1751 in the

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, the port of Georgetown predated the establishment of the federal district and the City of Washington by 40 years. Georgetown remained a separate

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until 1871 when the

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created a new consolidated government for the whole

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. A separate act, passed in 1895, specifically repealed Georgetown's remaining local ordinances and renamed Georgetown's streets to conform with those in the City of Washington. The primary commercial corridors of Georgetown are the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and M Street, which contain high-end shops, bars, restaurants, and the

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enclosed shopping mall. The Washington Harbour waterfront restaurants are located to the south on K Street, between 30th and 31st Streets. Georgetown is home to the main campus of

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and numerous other landmarks, such as the Volta Bureau and the Old Stone House, the oldest house in Washington. The

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and

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are located in Georgetown.

History

Early history

Situated on the

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, Georgetown was the farthest point upstream that oceangoing boats could navigate the

. In 1632, English fur trader Henry Fleet documented an American Indian village of the Nacotchtank people called Tohoga on the site of present-day Georgetown and established trade there. The area was then part of the

, an

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. George Gordon constructed a tobacco inspection house along the Potomac in approximately 1745. The site was already a tobacco trading post when the inspection house was built. Warehouses, wharves, and other buildings were then constructed around the inspection house, and it quickly became a small community. It did not take long before Georgetown grew into a thriving port, facilitating trade and shipments of goods from colonial Maryland. In 1751, the legislature of the Province of Maryland authorized the purchase of of land from Gordon and George Beall at the price of £280. A survey of the town was completed in February 1752. Since Georgetown was founded during the reign of

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, some speculate that the town was named after him. Another theory is that the town was named after its founders, George Gordon and George Beall. The Maryland Legislature formally issued a charter and incorporated the town in 1789. (Although Georgetown was never officially made a city, it was later referred to as the "City of Georgetown" in several 19th-century acts of Congress.)

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, an early area merchant in the tobacco trade, became Georgetown's first mayor in 1790. Col. John Beatty established the first church in Georgetown, a Lutheran church on High Street.

Stephen Bloomer Balch Stephen Bloomer Balch (April 5, 1747 – September 7, 1833) was a Presbyterian minister and educator in Georgetown, which is now part of Washington, D.C. In 1780, Balch established Georgetown Presbyterian Church, which was the second church in ...

established a Presbyterian church in 1784. In 1795, the Trinity Catholic Church was built, along with a parish school-house. Construction of St. John's Episcopal Church began in 1797 but paused for financial reasons until 1803, and the church was finally consecrated in 1809. Banks in Georgetown included the Farmers and Mechanics Bank, which was established in 1814. Other banks included the Bank of Washington, Patriotic Bank, Bank of the Metropolis, and the Union and Central Banks of Georgetown. Newspapers in Georgetown included the ''Republican Weekly Ledger'', which was the first paper, started in 1790. ''The Sentinel'' was first published in 1796 by Green, English & Co. Charles C. Fulton began publishing the ''Potomac Advocate'', which was started by Thomas Turner. Other newspapers in Georgetown included the ''Georgetown Courier'' and the ''Federal Republican''. William B. Magruder, the first postmaster, was appointed on February 16, 1790, and in 1795, a custom house was established on Water Street. General James M. Lingan served as the first collector of the port. In the 1790s, City Tavern, the Union Tavern, and the Columbian Inn opened and were popular throughout the 19th century. Of these taverns, only the City Tavern remains today, as a private social club (the City Tavern Club) located near the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and M Street.

Establishment of the federal capital

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frequented Georgetown, including

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, where he worked out many deals to acquire land for the new Federal City. A key figure in the land deals was a local merchant named Benjamin Stoddert, who arrived in Georgetown in 1783. He had previously served as Secretary to the Board of War under the

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. Stoddert partnered with General

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by the second President,

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. Stoddert was rescued from his debts with the help of William Marbury, later of '' Marbury v. Madison'' fame, and also a Georgetown resident. He ultimately owned

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, at the corner of 34th and Prospect Streets. The

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on M Street is currently the embassy of Ukraine. After the establishment of the federal capital, Georgetown became an independent municipal government within the District of Columbia, of which there were three: Alexandria, D.C., Georgetown, D.C., and Washington, D.C. Georgetown, D.C., was in the new

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; the District's other county was

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(now

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and the independent city of

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19th century

By the 1820s, the

had become silted up and was not navigable up to Georgetown. Construction of the

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began in July 1828, to link Georgetown to

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, Virginia (

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after 1863). But the canal was soon in a race with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and got to Cumberland eight years after the railroad, a faster mode of transport, and at the cost of $77,041,586. It was never profitable. From its beginning to December 1876, the canal earned $35,659,055 in revenue, while expending $35,746,301. The Canal nonetheless provided an economic boost for Georgetown. In the 1820s and 1830s, Georgetown was an important shipping center. Tobacco and other goods were transferred between the canal and shipping on the Potomac River; salt was imported from Europe, and sugar and molasses were imported from the

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. These shipping industries were later superseded by coal and flour industries, which flourished with the C & O Canal providing cheap power for mills and other industry. In 1862, the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company began a

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line running along M Street in Georgetown and Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, easing travel between the two cities. The municipal governments of Georgetown and the City and County of Washington were formally revoked by Congress effective June 1, 1871, at which point its governmental powers were vested within the District of Columbia. The streets in Georgetown were renamed in 1895 to conform to the

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s in use in Washington. By the late 19th century, flour milling and other industries in Georgetown were declining, in part due to the fact that the canals and other waterways continually silted up. Nathaniel Michler and S.T. Abert led efforts to dredge the channels and remove rocks around the Georgetown harbor, though these were temporary solutions and

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showed little interest in the issue. An 1890 flood and expansion of the railroads brought destitution to the C&O Canal, and Georgetown's waterfront became more industrialized, with narrow alleys, warehouses, and apartment dwellings which lacked plumbing or electricity. Shipping trade vanished between the

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and

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. As a result, many older homes were preserved relatively unchanged. Georgetown in the 1850s had a large

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population, including both slaves and free blacks. Slave labor was widely used in construction of new buildings in Washington, in addition, to provide labor on tobacco plantations in Maryland and Virginia. Slave trading in Georgetown began in 1760 when John Beattie established his business on O Street and conducted business at other locations around Wisconsin Avenue. Other slave markets ("pens") were located in Georgetown, including one at McCandless' Tavern near M Street and Wisconsin Avenue. Slave trading continued until 1850, when it was banned in the District as one element of the

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. Congress abolished ownership of slaves in the entire District on April 16, 1862, annually observed today as

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. Many African Americans moved to Georgetown following the

, establishing a thriving community. In the late 18th century and 19th century, African Americans comprised a substantial portion of Georgetown's population, with a large number centered around Herring Hill in the far eastern section near Rock Creek Park. The 1800 census reported the population in Georgetown at 5,120, which included 1,449 slaves and 227 free blacks. A testament to the African-American history that remains today is the Mount Zion United Methodist Church, which is the oldest African-American congregation in Washington. Prior to establishing the church, free blacks and slaves went to the Dumbarton Methodist Church where they were restricted to a hot, overcrowded balcony. The church was originally located in a small brick meetinghouse on 27th Street, but it was destroyed by fire in the 1880s. The church was rebuilt on the present site. Mount Zion Cemetery offered free burials for Washington's earlier African-American population. "From a pre-Civil War population of 6,798 whites, 1,358 free Negroes, and 577 slaves, Georgetown's population had grown to 17,300 but half these residents were poverty-stricken Negroes." Other

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es in Georgetown included Alexander Memorial Baptist Church, First Baptist Church, Jerusalem Baptist Church, and Epiphany Catholic Church.

20th century

In 1915, the Buffalo Bridge (on Q Street) opened and connected this part of Georgetown with the rest of the city east of Rock Creek Park. Soon thereafter, new construction of large apartment buildings began on the edge of Georgetown. In the early 1920s, John Ihlder led efforts to take advantage of new

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laws to get restrictions enacted on construction in Georgetown. A 1933 study by Horace Peaslee and Allied Architects laid out ideas for how Georgetown could be preserved. The C & O Canal, then owned by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, formally ceased operations in March 1924. After severe flooding in 1936, B & O Railroad sold the canal to the

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in October 1938. The waterfront area retained its industrial character in the first half of the 20th century. Georgetown was home to a lumber yard, a cement works, the Washington Flour mill, and a meat rendering plant, with incinerator smokestacks and a power generating plant for the old Capital Traction streetcar system, located at the foot of Wisconsin Avenue, which closed in 1935, and was demolished in October 1968. In 1949, the city constructed the Whitehurst Freeway, an elevated

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above K Street, to allow

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entering the District over the Key Bridge to bypass Georgetown entirely on their way downtown. In 1950, Public Law 808 was passed, establishing the historic district of "Old Georgetown". The law required that the

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be consulted on any alteration, demolition, or building construction within the historic district. In 1967, the Georgetown Historic District was listed on the U.S.

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. with

21st century

Georgetown is home to many politicians and lobbyists. Georgetown's landmark waterfront district was further revitalized in 2003 and includes hotels such as a Ritz-Carlton and a Four Seasons. Georgetown's highly traveled commercial district is home to a variety of specialty retailers and fashionable boutiques.

Geography

Georgetown is bounded by the

on the south, Rock Creek to the east,

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, Glover Park, and Observatory Circle to the north, with

on the west end of the neighborhood. Much of Georgetown is surrounded by parkland and green space that serve as buffers from development in adjacent neighborhoods, and provide recreation. Rock Creek Park, the Oak Hill Cemetery, Montrose Park and Dumbarton Oaks are located along the north and east edge of Georgetown, east of Wisconsin Avenue. The neighborhood is situated on bluffs overlooking the Potomac River. As a result, there are some rather steep grades on streets running north–south. The famous " ''Exorcist'' steps" connecting M Street to Prospect Street were necessitated by the hilly terrain of the neighborhood. The primary commercial corridors of Georgetown are M Street and Wisconsin Avenue, whose high

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stores draw large numbers of tourists as well as local shoppers year-round. There is also the Washington Harbour complex on K Street, on the waterfront, featuring outdoor bars and restaurants popular for viewing boat races. Between M and K Streets runs the historic

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, today plied only by tour boats; adjacent trails are popular with joggers or strollers.

Education

Primary and secondary education

Throughout the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, the concentration of wealth in Georgetown sparked the growth of many

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s in and around the neighborhood. One of the first schools was the Columbian Academy on N Street, which was established in 1781 with Reverend Stephen Balch serving as the headmaster. Private schools currently located in Georgetown include Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, while nearby is the eponymous

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, while founded in Georgetown, moved in 1915 to its present location several miles north of Georgetown in Montgomery County.

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operates area public schools, including Hyde-Addison Elementary School on O Street. Hyde-Addison formed from merging two adjacent schools - Hyde Elementary and Addison Elementary. The Addison section was renovated in 2008 and the Hyde section was renovated in Summer 2014. An addition connecting the two buildings is scheduled for completion in Summer 2019. Hardy Middle School and

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both serve Georgetown as zoned secondary schools.

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, a public magnet school, is in the community.

Georgetown University

The main campus of

is located on the western edge of the Georgetown neighborhood. Father John Carroll founded

as a

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in 1789, though its roots extend back to 1634. Although the school struggled financially in its early years, Georgetown expanded into a branched university after the

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under the leadership of university president Patrick Francis Healy. , the university has students and students on the main campus. The main campus is just over in area and includes 58 buildings, student residences capable of accommodating 80 percent of undergraduates, various athletic facilities, and the medical school. Most buildings employ

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architecture and Georgian brick architecture. Campus green areas include fountains, a cemetery, large clusters of flowers, groves of trees, and open quadrangles. The main campus has traditionally centered on Dahlgren Quadrangle, although Red Square has replaced it as the focus of student life. Healy Hall, built in Flemish Romanesque style from 1877 to 1879, is the architectural gem of Georgetown's campus, and is a

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Public libraries

The

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operates the Georgetown Neighborhood Library, which originally opened at 3260 R St. NW in October 1935 on the site of the former Georgetown Reservoir. An earlier public library in Georgetown was endowed by financier George Peabody in 1867 and opened in a room of the Curtis School on O Street opposite St. John's Church in 1875. In the early 1930s, a library committee was formed to encourage the establishment of a new public library branch in Georgetown. The building was severely damaged by a fire on April 30, 2007, and underwent a $17.9 million renovation and expansion. The building was then re-opened on October 18, 2010, with a

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-Silver Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. A newly constructed, climate-controlled third floor now houses the collections of the original Peabody Library and is a center for research on Georgetown history.

Transportation

Georgetown's transportation importance was defined by its location just below the

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of the

. The Aqueduct Bridge (and later, the Francis Scott Key Bridge) connected Georgetown with

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. Before the Aqueduct Bridge was built, a ferry service owned by John Mason connected Georgetown to Virginia. In 1788, a bridge was constructed over Rock Creek to connect Bridge Street ( M Street) with the Federal City. Georgetown was located at the juncture of the Alexandria Canal and the

. The C&O Canal, begun in Georgetown in 1829, reached

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in 1851, and operated until 1924. Wisconsin Avenue is on the alignment of the tobacco

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rolling road from rural

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, and the Federal Customs House was located on 31st Street (now utilized as the post office). The city's oldest bridge, the sandstone bridge which carries Wisconsin Avenue over the C&O Canal, and which dates to 1831, was reopened to traffic on May 16, 2007, after a $3.5 million restoration. It is the only remaining bridge of five constructed in Georgetown by the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Company. Several streetcar lines and interurban railways interchanged passengers in Georgetown at and near the Georgetown Car Barn, which the

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operated near the end of the Aqueduct Bridge and later, the Key Bridge (see

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). A station serving the Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad and its successor, the Washington and Old Dominion Railway, was located in front of a stone wall on Canal Road adjacent to the

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immediately west of the Car Barn from 1912 to 1923. Five suburban Virginia lines, connecting in Rosslyn, provided links from the D.C. streetcar network to

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, Fort Myer, Nauck,

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, Clarendon, Ballston,

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, Fairfax, Leesburg, Bluemont and Great Falls (see

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). Streetcar operations in Washington, D.C. ended on January 28, 1962. In 1910, the

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completed an 11-mile branch line from

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, to Water Street in Georgetown in an abortive attempt to construct a southern connection to

. The line served as an industrial line, shipping coal to a

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power plant on K Street (now razed) until 1985. The abandoned right-of-way has since been converted into the Capital Crescent Trail, a rails-to-trails route, and the power plant replaced by a condo. There is no Metro station in Georgetown. Some residents opposed building one but no serious plans for a station existed in the first place, primarily due to the engineering issues presented by the extremely steep grade from the Potomac River (under which the subway tunnel would run) to the center of Georgetown, very close to the river. The planners expected the Metro to serve rush-hour commuters, and the neighborhood has few apartments, office buildings, or automobile parking areas. Since the Metro's opening, there have been occasional discussions about adding another subway line and tunnel under the Potomac to service the area. Three stations are located roughly one mile (1.6 km) from the center of Georgetown: Rosslyn (across the Key Bridge in Arlington), Foggy Bottom-GWU, and

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. Georgetown is served by the 30-series, D-Series, and G2 Metrobuses, as well as the DC Circulator. Another potential option for transportation in Georgetown is scootering, with scooters provided by companies like

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and Lime.

Historic district and historic landmarks

The entire Georgetown neighborhood is a designated

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, the Georgetown Historic District. It received this designation in 1967 for its large concentration of well-preserved colonial and Federal period architecture. Georgetown is also home to a variety of other historic landmarks, including: * Canal Square Building, 1054 31st Street, NW, former home of the Tabulating Machine Company, a direct precursor of IBM * The City Tavern Club, built in 1796, is the oldest commercial structure in Washington, D.C. * The

, begun in 1829. *

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, 3101 R Street, NW, former home of

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, U.S. vice president, where the

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charter was outlined in 1944. * Evermay, built in 1801 and restored by F. Lammot Belin * The

, 3350 M Street, NW, where

met with local landowners to acquire the

. Currently the Embassy of Ukraine. * Georgetown Lutheran Church was the first church in Georgetown, dates back to 1769. The current church structure, the fourth on the site, was built in 1914. * Georgetown Presbyterian Church was established in 1780 by Reverend

. Formerly located on Bridge Street (M Street), the current church building was constructed in 1881 on P Street. * Healy Hall on Georgetown's campus, built in Flemish Romanesque style from 1877 to 1879 was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987. * Mount Zion United Methodist Church and Mount Zion Cemetery * The Oak Hill Cemetery, a gift of William Wilson Corcoran whose

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and gates were designed by

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, was, at one time, the resting place of

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's son Willie and other figures. * The Old Stone House, built in 1765, located on M Street is the oldest house in Washington, D.C. * Tudor Place and Dumbarton Court * The

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, created by

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as his first formal research laboratory, the profits from which were used to create a research and educational institution devoted to serving the deaf, which operates today as the

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, also known as the 'AG Bell'.National Park Service
Washington, D.C. National Register of Historic Places: Volta Laboratory & Bureau
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'' (1973) was partly filmed in Georgetown when Father Damien fell down the stairs (located near

Notable residents

Famous former residents include: * Georgetown was home to

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who arrived as a young lawyer in 1808 and resided on M Street. Dr. William Beanes, a relative of Key, captured the rear guard of the British Army while it was burning Washington during the

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. When the mass of the army retreated, they retrieved their imprisoned guard and took Dr. Beanes as a captive to their fleet near

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. Key went to the fleet to request the release of Beanes, was held until the bombardment of Fort McHenry was completed, and gained the inspiration for "

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". *

's earliest switching office for the

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was located on a site just below the

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, and it remains in use as a phone facility to this day. Bell originally moved to Georgetown due to the numerous legal hearings related to telephone patents, but then later created the

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and stayed on due to the many other scientific and technical organizations established in the region. * John F. Kennedy lived in Georgetown in the 1950s as both a Representative and a Senator. Parties hosted by his wife, Jackie, and many other Georgetown hostesses drew political elites away from downtown clubs and hotels or the upper 16th Street corridor. Kennedy went to his presidential inauguration from his townhouse at 3307 N Street in January 1961. *

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-winning author

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resided in Georgetown and attended the Georgetown

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, Kesher Israel Congregation, between 1964 and 1983 when he was researching and writing his two novels of

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, '' The Winds of War'' and '' War and Remembrance''. * Hollywood actress

Elizabeth Taylor Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was a British-American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. ...

lived in Georgetown during her marriage to Senator John Warner in the 1970s and early 1980s. Taylor's first major stage performance, in Lillian Hellman's '' The Little Foxes'', took place nearby at the Kennedy Center during that time. *

Julia Child Julia Carolyn Child (née McWilliams; August 15, 1912 – August 13, 2004) was an American cooking teacher, author, and television personality. She is recognized for bringing French cuisine to the American public with her debut cookbook, '' ...

's first house is located on Olive Street. Child and her husband Paul purchased the house in 1948, although they left for France soon after. In 1956, they returned to Georgetown, living in the Olive Street house until moving to

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in 1959. *

Pedro Casanave Pedro Pablo Casanave (c. 1766 – 1796), also known as Peter Casanave, was a prominent Spanish American merchant and politician who served as the fifth mayor of Georgetown in Washington, D.C. He was a member of the Georgetown Common Council. ...

, the fifth mayor of Georgetown (who directed the construction and buried the

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in what later became in the

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on October 12, 1792), lived near of modern Delaware Avenue, in Georgetown. *

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grew up in Georgetown and attended

. * Former Secretary of State

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Current residents include: * Former Secretary of State

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* ''Washington Post'' Watergate reporter and current assistant managing editor

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* Montana Senator

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* Former director of the FBI

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In film

Several movies have been filmed in Georgetown, including: * ''

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'' (1969, private house) * ''

'' (1973) was set in the neighborhood and partially filmed there. In the movie's climactic scene, the protagonist is hurled down the 75-step staircase at the end of 36th Street NW, which connects Prospect Street with M Street below. The staircase has come to be known as the " ''Exorcist'' steps". A false front was built onto the house at the top of the steps so that the bedroom windows would immediately overlook the steps. The real structure is considerably set-back. * ''

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'' (1985) was set in Georgetown, though the campus fraternity row portions were filmed at the

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campus in College Park. * '' No Way Out'' (1987) featured a Georgetown Metro stop as a plot device, even though no such station exists; the subway station shots were filmed in

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. Chase scenes for the movie were shot on the Whitehurst Freeway. * '' The Man with One Red Shoe'' (1985, an early

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film) * '' Chances Are'' (1989) * ''

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'' (1990) * '' Timecop'' (1994) * ''

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'' (1994) * ''

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'' (1993) * '' The Jackal'' (1997, private homes) * '' Enemy of the State'' (1998) * ''

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'' (1999, C&O Canal) * ''

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'' (1999) * ''Spy Games'' (2001) * '' Minority Report'' (2002) * ''

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'' (2003) * '' The Girl Next Door'' (2004) * '' Wedding Crashers'' (2005) * ''

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'' (2007) * '' Georgetown'' (2019) * '' Wonder Woman 1984'' (2020) * Although ''

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'' (2008) featured Georgetown prominently, filming was done in

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. * The television series ''

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'' occasionally filmed scenes in and around Georgetown.

References

Citations Bibliography * * * * Further reading
Historical Overview of Georgetown
from the Georgetown Partnership. * Griffith, Gary.

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* King, Leroy O. ''100 Years of Capital Traction - The Story of Streetcars in the Nations Capital'', Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, Texas, Third printing, 1989, .

from the ''

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'', by Andrew Stephen, July 16, 2006
Georgetown's early history

National Park Service.