Tudor Place - Historic Home & Garden

This Georgetown home was designed by Dr. William Thornton in 1815 in American neoclassical architecture style. It was originally the home of George Washington's granddaughter, Martha Curtis Peter and remained in the Peter family for 180 years. Over that time many of the objects they collected remain on the property including a 1919 Pierce-Arrow Roadster pictured below.

1919 Pierce - Arrow Roadster (Model 48-B5) (Learn More)

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Dumbarton House in Georgetown

"The site of the Dumbarton House can be traced to as early as 1703. That year, Ninial Beall, a Scottish immigrant, was awarded a land patent of 795 acres by the Maryland Assembly. The named the land "Rock of Dumbarton," in homepage to his native Scotland.

In 1751, George Gordon and George Beall, Ninian's son, petitioned the Maryland Assembly to erect a town on sixty acres of the original "Rock of Dumbarton" tract. In honor of King George II, they named the site "Georgetown."" Read more by enlarging the following image.

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