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1. GTOWN_970806_01.JPG: Alexander Graham Bell; Parents' House Alexander Graham Bell, who had patented the telephone in 1876, bought this house, located in Georgetown, for his parents in 1891. In the carriage house behind this house (located behind the trees on the left of the photograph), Bell perfected his disk-graphophone technology which evolved into phonograph records.
2. GTOWN_970806_02.JPG: Forrest-Marbury House This building dates back to 1788. On March 29, 1791, George Washington met here at the home of Uriah Forrest (the Mayor of the Town of George--Georgetown was named after King George, not George Washington) with local landowners to discuss the federal government's purchase of the land here needed to build the new capital city. The deal was approved and the city was created. The next resident in this house was William Marbury, a real estate investor who moved in in 1800. He was buying up large amounts of land in the Anacostia area at the time. He main claimed of fame was a legal challenge to President James Madison over promised federal appointments. The case, "Marbury Vs Madison" (1803), went to the Supreme Court and established the precedent of judicial review.
3. GTOWN_970806_03.JPG: Gage House This is a rather unusual house. The Lindens, as it is called, was built in Danvers, Massachusettes in 1754 for a merchant named Robert Hooper. There, it served as the summer house of Thomas Gage, the last governor of Massachusetts appointed by the British royalty. The house was slated for demolition until George Maurice Morris and his wife bought the property. The had it carefully taken apart and moved to Washington DC, where it was put back together in 1936. They hired Walter Macomber, the chief architect involved in the restoration and preservation of Williamsburg, Virginia, to oversee the moving process. The oldest house in Washington DC is the Old Stone House in Georgetown, built there in 1765. The Gage House is actually older but it was not built in Washington DC so it kind of screws up the counting.
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Wikipedia Description: Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
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Georgetown is a neighborhood located in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., along the Potomac River waterfront. Founded in 1751, the city of Georgetown substantially predated the establishment of the city of Washington and the District of Columbia. By 1776, Georgetown was one of the largest cities in Maryland, and retained its separate municipal status until 1871, when it was annexed by the City of Washington. Today, the primary commercial corridors of Georgetown are M Street and Wisconsin Avenue, which contain high-end shops, bars, and restaurants. Georgetown is home to the main campus of Georgetown University, as well as the embassies of France, Mongolia, Sweden, Thailand, and Ukraine.

History:

First settled by Europeans in 1696, Georgetown was incorporated as a town and first regularly settled in 1751, when the area was part of the British colony of the Province of Maryland (initially in Frederick County and later in Montgomery County), later one of the 13 colonies. Situated on the fall line, Georgetown was the farthest point upstream to which oceangoing boats could navigate the Potomac River. It grew into a thriving port and became a key point for transferring goods, particularly tobacco, from boats on the Potomac to boats on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.

Origin of the name:

Georgetown was founded in 1751 during the reign of George II of Great Britain in Frederick County, Maryland (in a section later to become Montgomery County) by George Beall and George Gordon as the Town of George. Given the curious coincidence of the both of the founders' first names and that of the English king at the time, historians dispute the source of the name of the town: One theory suggests that it was designated to honor King George II, while another argues that it was named for its founders.

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George Washington frequented Suter's Tavern in Georgetown, and worked out many l ...More...
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