Old Stone House


  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

In the midst of Washington, D.C., a city of grand memorials to national leaders and significant events, stands an unassuming building commemorating the daily lives of ordinary Americans who made this city, and this nation, unique. The Old Stone House, one of the oldest known structures remaining in the nation's capital, is a simple 18th century dwelling built and inhabited by common people. - NPS


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1765/00/00
1790/09/11 Potomac Company George Washington presides over a meeting of the Potowmack Company at John Suter's tavern, The Fountain Inn. One of Georgetown's best-known hostelry until the 1790s, now lost, it was located on Fishing Ln about two blocks SW of the Old Stone House.

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Particulars for Old Stone House:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Owner Federal
Criteria Historic Event
Historic Use Single dwelling
Area of Significance Social History
Historic Use Specialty Store



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 73000219
Resource Type:
Owner: Federal
Architectural Style: No style listed
Nominator Name: National Capital Parks
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Architecture, Social history
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1750-1799, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Significant Year: 1765
Historic Function: Domestic, Commerce, Trade
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling, Specialty store
Current Function: Recreation and Culture
Current Sub-Function: Museum

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