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South Lawn:
In 1816, your view from this sweeping lawn included the bustling tobacco port of Georgetown, the Potomac River, and, to the east, the growing city of Washington, DC. Then a hay field, sheep and cows grazed on the lawn. By the beginning of the 1900s, the view was starkly different with a series of row houses build along the surrounding streets. For 200 years, the sloping south lawn has maintained its pastoral, naturalistic elements in harmony with the architecture of the house. |