Georgetown
- Vicinity: Roughly bounded by Whitehaven St, Rock Creek Park, Potomac River and Georgetown University campus
| Name of Notable | Genus | AsNotedIn | Address | Proximity | |
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| Name | Genus | AsNotedIn | Address | Proximity | |
| Georgetown University |
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3700 | O St NW | 37th St NW |
| Laird-Dunlop House |
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3014 | N St NW | Coach house: 1248 30th St NW |
| Francis Scott Key Park |
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M St NW | 34th ST NW | |
| The Exorcist Steps and Car Barn |
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3600 | Prospect St NW | 36th St NW |
| Dumbarton Oaks Park and Montrose Park |
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R St NW | ||
| Old Stone House |
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3051 | M St NW | |
| Newton D Baker House |
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3017 | N St, NW | |
| Bank of Columbia, Washington |
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3210 | M St NW | Wisconsin Ave |
| Christ Church (Georgetown, DC) |
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3116 | O St NW | |
| Customhouse and Post Office |
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1221 | 31st St, NW | |
| Volta Laboratory and Bureau |
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1537 | 35th St, NW and Carriage House behind 1527 35th St, NW | Volta Pl NW |
| Tudor Place |
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1644 | 31st St, NW | |
| Georgetown Market |
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3276 | M St, NW | Between East and West Market Streets |
| P Street NW Historic District |
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P St NW | Btw Wisconsin Ave and Rock Creek Park | |
| Dumbarton Bridge |
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Q St over Rock Creek Park, NW | ||
| Dumbarton House |
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2715 | Q St, NW | |
| Georgetown Academy for Young Ladies |
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1524 | 35th St NW | Volta Pl NW |
| City Tavern |
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3206 | M St, NW | |
| Francis Scott Key Bridge |
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Francis Scott Key Bridge (US 29) | Spans Potomac River | |
| Georgetown Branch of the DC Public Library |
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3260 | R St NW | Wisconsin Ave NW |
| Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Historic District |
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Rock Creek and Potomac Pkwy | Rock Creek Valley S of the National Zoological Park | |
| Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, DC) |
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30th and R Streets NW | ||
| Dumbarton Oaks |
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32nd St NW | R St NW | |
| Child House |
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2706 | Olive St NW | 27th St NW |
| Holy Trinity Church, Georgetown |
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3513 | N St NW | 36th St NW |
| Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Georgetown |
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Canal Rd NW | Clara Barton Pkwy | |
| Peter-Auchincloss Residence |
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3044 | O St NW | 31st St NW |
| Henry Pringle House, Georgetown |
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3319 | N St NW | 33rd St NW |
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1751/00/00 | The legislature of the Province of Maryland authorizes the purchase of 60 acres (240,000 m2) of land from Gordon and George Beall at the price of 280. A survey of the town was completed in February 1752. | |||||
| 1809/03/11 | Thomas Jefferson | Life | Thomas Jefferson pays the ferryman $1 to take him and his carriage across the Potomac River at Georgetown and heads south towards retirement. | |||
| 1862/12/13 | Louisa May Alcott | Vocation | Louisa Alcott becomes a Union nurse at Georgetown's Union Hotel Hospital, Washington, DC (lost). Dorothea Dix assigns her to Matron Hannah Ropes who will die of typhoid fever. Alcott calls it the Hurly Burly Hotel. | My Red Cap (Short Story) | ||
| 1862/12/13 | Dorothea Lynde Dix | Vocation | Louisa Alcott becomes a Union nurse at Georgetown's Union Hotel Hospital, Washington, DC (lost). Dorothea Dix assigns her to Matron Hannah Ropes who will die of typhoid fever. Alcott calls it the Hurly Burly Hotel. | My Red Cap (Short Story) | ||
| 1887/00/00 | Lucy Sprigg Madison Dos Passos | Home | Lucy Madison quits her post at General Land Office, picks up her son James from her mother's and moves to a modest 2-story townhouse at 2816 Olive Street in Georgetown. She hires a live-in servant to help care for her son. | |||
| 1953/00/00 | John F Kennedy | Groom | Jack Kennedy (possibly) proposes to Jackie Bouvier at table 3 in Martin' Tavern in Georgetown. | Marriage of Jacqueline Bouvier and John F Kennedy | ||
| 1953/00/00 | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis | Bride | Jack Kennedy (possibly) proposes to Jackie Bouvier at table 3 in Martin' Tavern in Georgetown. | Marriage of Jacqueline Bouvier and John F Kennedy |
| Particulars for Georgetown: | |
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| Architectural Style | American Colonial Revival |
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Area of Significance | Business |
| Architectural Style | Federal Style |
| Sight Category | Historic District |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Architectural Style | Late Victorian |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Locale Type | Neighborhood |
| Area of Significance | Politics-government |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
| Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
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| The Exorcist | Film | William Friedkin | "The Exorcist" was film on the Key Bridge, a bridge on Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and The Tombs bar 1226 36th Street NW |
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