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A 90-Minute Walk in Georgetown

Renowned for its beautiful and historic architecture, eclectic and then left onto 29th Street.
shops, and delightful restaurants, Georgetown has it all. Mt. Zion Church 8, on your
Starting in upper Georgetown, this walk takes you along right at 1334, was Washington’s
residential streets past grand homes and Federal-style first African-American church
(see p128). West African influences
rowhouses, past early churches and cemeteries, parks can be seen in the church’s
and river vistas, quiet lanes and crowded streets. The walk structure, such as its tin ceiling.
ends on M Street in the commercial heart of Georgetown At the corner, turn right onto
at the oldest house in the district. Details of many sights Dumbarton Street, left on 30th
mentioned are in the section on Georgetown (see pp122–9). Street, and right on N Street,
which is full of elegant
34TH STREET NW
S S T R E E T N W
35TH STREET NW R S T R E E T N W W I S C O N S I N A V E N U 1

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R STREET NW
R E S E R V O I R R O A D N W 3 2 N D
DENT
AVON
WINFIELD LN NW D E NT P LA C E N W 2 LANE NW PLACE NW 30TH STREET NW 29TH STREET NW 28TH STREET NW 5
33RD STREET NW E N W N W CAMBRIDGE
S T R E E T
AVON PLACE NW
PLACE NW
3 1 S T S T R E E T N W
Q S T R E E T N W 6 7
VOLTA Q S T R E E T N W Q S T R E E T N W
PARK
6 Dumbarton House, beautifully designed inside and out V O LTA PL A C E NW
P S T R E E T N W 27TH STREET NW 26TH STREET NW
Start at Wisconsin Avenue and James Renwick, architect of New
28TH ST NW
S Street where you head east York’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral, P S T R E E T N W 29TH ST NW P S T R E E T N W
and then right on to 32nd designed the chapel inside W I S C O N S I N A V E N U E N W 31ST STREET NW 30TH STREET NW O S T R E E T N W
O S T R E E T N W
Street. Dumbarton Oaks 1 at (see p128). 8
1703, a Federal-style mansion Back on R Street, head east 36TH STREET NW O S T R E E T N W 0 D U M B A R T O N S T R E E T N W
owned by Harvard University, to 28th Street. Turn right past r 35TH STREET NW 34TH STREET NW 2 7 T H S T R E E T N W
contains a huge collection of Evermay 5, a private Georgian e w 33RD STREET NW q N S T R E E T N W 9 N S T R E E T N W P O T O M A C P A R K W AY N W
pre-Columbian and Byzantine manor, built by Scotsman Samuel N S T R E E T N W
art, and may be worth returning Davidson in 1792. Turn left on Q
to explore at length one Street. On your left, the Federal- t PROSPECT STREET NW POTOMAC ST NW O L I V E S T R E E T N W
W I SC O N S I N A V E N U E N W
afternoon (see p129). style Dumbarton House 6, is M S T R E E T N W s
Turn left on R Street and right noted for its beautiful 18th- and y u i o M S T R E E T N W
Foggy Bottom GWU
onto 31st Street. Admire Tudor 19th-century furnishings. Make CANAL ST NW 770 yards (700 m)
Place 2, designed by the Capitol a left at the corner on 27th Chesa p e ake and O hi o C a n al p
architect William Thornton on the Street. Facing you is the Mt. THOMAS JEFFERSON ST NW 30TH STREET NW
right (see p128). Turn left onto Zion cemetery 7 where Francis Scott Key 31ST STREET NW 29TH STREET NW
Memorial Bridge
Avon Lane and left again on Avon African-Americans were P o t o m a c R i v e r SOUTH ST NW
Place. Walk across R Street to buried before the Civil War. WHITEH U R S T FREEWAY NW
K STREET NW
Montrose Park 3, which has Turning around, walk back on
a maze where you might like 27th Street until you come to O
to meander, and then return to Street. Turn right onto O Street
R Street. Head east and wander Washington a
into Oak Hill Cemetery 4. Harbour J
Tips for Walkers
Starting point: Wisconsin Ave &
S Street. Length: 3 miles (5 km).
Getting there: Metro Connection
express bus from Foggy Bottom
metro stop to Wisconsin Ave & R
St, or Circulator bus from Union
Station and points along K St NW.
q Smith Row, American Federal-style architecture on N Street
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