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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22WU_potomac-no-5_Washington-DC.html
Potomac No. 5
F.A.A.M.
Chartered April 21, 1789
Potomac lodge has occupied this site since 1859
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XO7_causeway-historical_Washington-DC.html
After the great Ice-flood of 1784 continued siltation of the river threatened to close the Georgetown Port. In an attempt to deepen the Georgetown Harbor a causeway was constructed on this location in 1805. A road connected it With John Mason's Fe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WW0_the-georgetown-heights-historical_Washington-DC.html
Occupying the most prominent site on the Georgetown Heights overlooking Georgetown, the Potomac River and Virginia is the Georgetown Branch Library. The library houses the Peabody Room, an archive devoted to the history of Georgetown. The archive …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WVZ_dumbarton-oaks-historical_Washington-DC.html
In 1702 The Rock of Dumbarton was granted by Queen Anne to Colonel Ninian Beall — In 1717 Colonel George Beall - his son - added to his lands - In 1780 Thomas Beall - his son - sold the property to William Dorsey and in 1801 William Hammond …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V88_the-original-georgetown-reservoir-historical_Washington-DC.html
Site of the originalGeorgetown Reservoir1859-1932Stone wall and iron fence1871
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Georgetown Historic District1667 Wisconsin Ave. NWNational Register of Historic Places
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V7Y_history-preserved-and-adapted-historical_Washington-DC.html
Georgetown began in the 1740s as a tobacco port, where ships departed for Britain, Europe and the West Indies filled with flour, lumber, coal, grain and, above all, tobacco. The fine harbor brought visitors and goods and, with them, prosperity and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V7W_through-the-eyes-of-a-scientist-historical_Washington-DC.html
Rachel Carson (1907-1964), a renowned writer and scientist who helped launch the modern environmental movement, once walked these woods. In her groundbreaking book, Silent Spring (1962), Carson warned citizens that the widespread use of pesticides…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V7V_healing-in-war-and-peace-historical_Washington-DC.html
Georgetown University Hospital, set atop a row of hills along Reservoir Road, promotes good health through patient care, research and education. Founded in 1898 and shaped by Georgetown's Catholic Jesuit heritage, the hospital consistently has ran…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V7S_hillearys-smiling-corner-historical_Washington-DC.html
Welcome to "Hilleary's Smiling Corner," named for Albert and Flora Hilleary, who ran the corner grocery store here from about 1919 to 1961. Like many other corner stores in Georgetown, this was a gathering place for the neighborhood. Children play…