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Old Stone House Review
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Old Stone House
- Address: 3051 M St. NW, Georgetown, Washington, DC | Map It
- Phone: 202/426-6851
- www.nps.gov/olst/
- Category: Houses/Mansions
- Location: Georgetown
Fodor's Review:
What was early-American life like? Here's the capital's oldest window into the past. Work on this fieldstone house, thought to be Washington's oldest surviving building, was begun in 1764 by a cabinetmaker named Christopher Layman. Now a museum, it was used as both a residence and a place of business by a succession of occupants. Five of the house's rooms are furnished with the simple, sturdy artifacts -- plain tables, spinning wheels, and so forth -- of 18th-century middle-class life. The National Park Service maintains the house and its lovely gardens, which are planted with fruit trees and perennials.
- Cost: Free
- Open: Wed.-Sun. 10-5
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