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Evermay

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Federal
City
Washington, DC
Collection
federal washington
Evermay
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Evermay, at 1623 28th Street NW in Georgetown, was built in 1801 for $2,302.82 -- funded by the proceeds Samuel Davidson made selling the federal government the land beneath the White House and the National Mall. Davidson had bought his share of the 795-acre 'Rock of Dumbarton' tract from Thomas Beall in 1792-1794, then used the windfall to build this Federal-style house, designed by Nicholas King, the first surveyor of Washington, D.C.

the building

From land sale to house. Davidson died unmarried and childless, and the house passed to his nephew Lewis Grant, whose daughter married Charles Dodge. In 1877 the Dodges sold Evermay to John D. McPherson, who added a porch and remade parts of the house in the Victorian style, layering later fashion onto King's original Federal design.

the style

Evermay was built in the Federal style typical of Georgetown's early Republic houses, though a Victorian-era porch added after 1877 by a later owner layered new fashion onto Nicholas King's original design.

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the architect

Nicholas King, Evermay's designer, served as the first surveyor of Washington, D.C., laying out the young capital's streets, and also founded the city's first library. Evermay is among his known residential commissions.

significance

Evermay is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, one of Georgetown's oldest surviving houses and a direct physical link to the sale of the land under the White House and the National Mall.

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