Georgetown, Washington, D.C. facts for kids

Georgetown Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark District
Former Riggs Bank building at the intersection of M Street and Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Location	Roughly bounded by Whitehaven Street, Rock Creek Park, the Potomac River, and the Georgetown University campus
Area	750 acres (300 ha)
NRHP reference No.	67000025
Quick facts for kids Significant dates
Added to NRHP	May 28, 1967
Designated NHLD	May 28, 1967

Map of Washington, D.C., with Georgetown highlighted in maroon.

Georgetown is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., along the Potomac River. Georgetown started as a separate city in 1751 before the area became the District of Columbia. Georgetown stayed a separate city until 1871, when the United States Congress took away its charter. Another law in 1895 canceled Georgetown's laws and renamed the streets to match those in the city of Washington. Today, stores, bars and restaurants in Georgetown are on M Street and Wisconsin Avenue. Georgetown has the main campus of Georgetown University. The embassies of France, Mongolia, Sweden, Thailand, and Ukraine are in Georgetown.

Geography

Historic landmarks

Georgetown has many 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 Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, begun in 1829.
• Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, NW, former home of John C. Calhoun, U.S. vice president, where the United Nations charter was outlined in 1944.
• Evermay, built in 1801 and restored by F. Lammot Belin
• The Forrest-Marbury House, 3350 M Street, NW, where George Washington met with local landowners to acquire the District of Columbia. Currently the Embassy of the 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 Stephen Bloomer Balch. Formerly 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 Gothic Revival chapel and gates were designed by James Renwick, is the resting place of Abraham Lincoln's son Willie and other figures.
• The Old Stone House, built in 1765, on M Street is the oldest original structure in Washington, D.C.
• Tudor Place

Images for kids

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  Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel, designed by James Renwick Jr. in 1850, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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  Bank on the corner of M Street & Wisconsin Avenue

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  Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

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  The Old Stone House, built 1765, is the oldest house in Washington, D.C.

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  Georgetown around 1862. Overview of the C&O Canal, Aqueduct Bridge at right, and unfinished Capitol dome in the distant background.

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  Sailing vessels docked at the Georgetown waterfront, c. 1865

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  Children playing on sidewalk in Georgetown during the Great Depression, Carl Mydans, 1935

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  The Washington Harbour complex located on the Potomac River. Healy Hall is visible in the background.

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  Shops along Wisconsin Avenue

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  Hyde-Addison School

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  Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School

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  Healy Hall at Georgetown University.

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  Francis Scott Key Bridge across the Potomac River, connecting Georgetown to Rosslyn, Virginia

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  The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal passes through Georgetown.

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  Enlargeable diagram of Washington area trolley lines: Orange = Washington, Arlington & Mount Vernon Electric Railway. Blue = Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Railway (WA&FC). Yellow = Nauck (Fort Myer) line of WA&FC. Light green = W&OD Bluemont Division. Dark green = W&OD Great Falls Division.

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  The "Exorcist steps"

See also

In Spanish: Georgetown (Washington D. C.) para niños