City Tavern Sold for $8.5 Million to Cecchi Group
• November 18, 2024

New Owner Intends to Use the Property as an Iconic Event Venue  On Nov. 15, the Board of Governors of the City Tavern Association, the governing overseers of the City […]

Citizens Celebrate Georgetown — and The Georgetowner
• September 23, 2024

The Citizens Association of Georgetown hosted its “Celebration of Georgetown” annual fundraiser — and celebrated The Georgetowner’s 70th anniversary on Sept. 20, at Coolidge House on Prospect Street. Co-chaired by […]

City Tavern Club to Close Aug. 31, Will Sell Historic Building  
• August 28, 2024

A significant piece of American and Georgetown history can be yours at the right price — give or take $6.5 million. The City Tavern building at 3206 M St. NW […]

Jerry McCoy, Retiring Georgetown Historian, Bequeaths His Own Lasting Legacy
• July 1, 2024

By David Edwards “I’ve taken better care of the Peabody Room than I think my own house,” says Jerry McCoy, who prefers to describe his days working as the Special […]

Tudor Place Garden Party Honors Tom Birch
• June 3, 2024

Tudor Place’s 32nd Annual Spring Garden Party honored Tom Birch — former advisory neighborhood commissioner and legislative counsel — for his service to the Georgetown community and as a Tudor […]

91st Georgetown House Tour Shows Off Unique Renovations, Designs
• April 22, 2024

More than 1,800 persons toured eight select homes on Saturday, April 20, during the 91st Georgetown House Tour, organized by St. John’s Episcopal Church at 3240 O St. NW and […]

City Tavern Celebrates Its Past & Future
• December 14, 2023

The City Tavern Preservation Foundation held its annual gala — “Celebrating the Past, Preserving the Future” — on Dec. 1. More than 100 guests attended the elegant reception and dinner […]

Real Estate: Extensive Refurbishing Planned for 1850s Scott-Grant House
• September 25, 2023

Big news on the Scott-Grant House at 3238 R St. NW. Extensive refurbishments are in the works. Built in the late 1850s, the site was a place former President Ulysses […]

A Tale of Two Cemeteries
• July 18, 2023

Historian and Historic Preservationist Paul K. Williams rather unexpectedly became the Superintendent of two very different yet active cemeteries in Washington, DC during the past twelve years: Capitol Hill’s Congressional […]

Conversions Planned on Thomas Jefferson St.; Neighbors Concerned
• June 26, 2023

A 300-unit conversion has been planned for two Georgetown office buildings, located on the southern end of Georgetown, near the waterfront. An affiliate of Potomac Investment Trust has plans to […]