Evening star., 1933-04-09
HISTORIC HOUSES
| CHOSEN FOR TOUR
Georgetown Homes Typifying
Three Sides of Colonial Life
to Be on View.

The three historic Georgetown houses
that are to be open to the public during
the fourth annual tour of Georgetown,
which viii be held Friday and Satur-
day, April 81 and %, under auspices of
st. Johns Church, Georgetown, were
selected as typifying three distinct sides
of Georgetown Colonial life. All three
we're built when Georgetown was in its
prime as one of the leading ports of
the Atlantic Seaboard.
The first house to be visited is at
1887 N street, in Cox's row. group of
five identical houses built about 1890 by
Col. John Cox for himself and his four
sons when he was mayor of George
town, an elective position which he held
for 26 years. This house. the second in
the row, receives special consideration
id the annals of Georgetown because it
was there that Gen. Lafayette was en-
tertained on Oetaober IA, 1924, on his
return visit to America. The extent of
the hospitality is indicated by the fact
that 600 reed birds were consumed at
the dinner. Thus there Is represented
in this house the official side of George
town life of that period. This house is
now the residence of Col. and Mrs.
w. A. Mccain.
Pictures Professional Life.
sThe second house, 3038 N street, built
by Romulus Riggs of Philadelphia, who
came to Washington when the Govern
nlent was moved to the new Federal
City, was for rs years the home of DR..
Joshua Riley. His Office in the. side
yard was the school for several genera
tions of young physicians. Thus this
residence pictures the professional life
of the time. 1t is now the residence of
Maj. and Mrs. Henry Leonard.
The third house is on the southwest
corner of Twenty-eighth and @ streets,
built by Robert Perley Dodge in 1850.
Dodge was a member of large fam
lily engaged in the extensive ship
ping trade of the early 1800'S. AS
member of his fathers firm, he sent
his sailing vessels to all parts of the
world with Maryland tobacco, corn and
wheat, returning with many of the ORR
entail goods that added to the luxury
of the life of the time. He also was
consulting engineer for the chesapeake
81 Potomac Canal, which was then be-
ing cut through the front yards of the
residences on M street. 1t was this
canal which caused Francis Scott Key
to give up his residence in Georgetown
after he had written The Star Spangled
Banner and to move to Washington. So
in this house the visitor finds reminders
of the old commercial and shipping life
of Georgetown. 1t is now the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Delano Robbins.
Tour Includes Water Front.
The tour is held each year dur
ing the week when the Daughters
of the American Revolution will be
in washington, in order that they may
share in this visit. The tour starts |
in buses at Tyenty-eighth and Nd
streets and traverses the more an
cient and interesting parts OF George
town, including the water 'front.'. STOP
ming to visit these three houses en- route. |
Buses leave at half hour intervals from
] to 4 pm. !
A large committee of guides and pa
tronesses is under the chairmanshlp OF
Mrs. Theodore N. Gill, jr., -3022 P street, |
from whom tickets may be secured IN
advance at 81 each.