Tudor Place

Exploring Washington, DC, one can discover many places connected to George Washington himself. Of these though, Tudor Place in the Georgetown neighborhood might be the most uniquely special. Built by Martha Parke Custis Peter, his step-granddaughter, the grand neoclassical home houses numerous relics such as one of his punch bowls.

Beyond that significance, Tudor Place was designed by Dr. William Thorton who planned the US Capitol as well. Through the years, her family entertained politicians and dignitaries including the Marquis de Lafayette. When they opened it as a public museum in the 1980s, they not only preserved heirlooms from George and Martha Washington, six generations had since added their own personal belongings to the collection there. I can think of nowhere else that visitors can find a 1919 Pierce Arrow 48-B5 roadster next to a camp stool used by General Washington during the American Revolution.

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