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A earlier model of this text listed an incorrect deal with for one of many homes on the tour. The right deal with is 3264 P St. NW, not 3624 P St. NW. This model has been corrected.
Since 1931, residents and guests to D.C. have gained entrance to historic homes by way of the Georgetown House Tour sponsored by St. John’s Episcopal Church.
More than 1,600 individuals sometimes take part within the self-guided tour every year. This yr’s occasion will happen April 23 with eight homes and landmarks that showcase the historic neighborhood’s structure, together with fashionable design enhancements.
Among the homes accessible for excursions this yr are chef Julia Child’s Fifties residence at 2706 Olive St. NW, which was lately bought following a five-year renovation by architect Dale Overmyer; 3323 R St. NW, residence to inside designer Skip Sroka and his husband, John Kammeier; and Victorian-style homes at 3264 P St. NW and 1519 twenty eighth St. NW.
Other buildings on the tour embrace 3131 P St. NW, an end-unit rowhouse that belongs to Sara Swabb, founder and artistic director of StorieCollective, who lately renovated the home to make it extra snug for her younger household; 3130 Dumbarton St. NW and its Nantucket-inspired visitor cottage; 3312 N St. NW, one in every of Georgetown’s oldest homes; and the personal City Tavern Club at 3206 M St. NW.
The Georgetown House Tour begins at St. John’s Episcopal Church, at 3240 O St. NW, the place contributors can choose up a map and information. Homes can be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Participants are additionally invited to the Parish Tea served in Blake Hall on the church from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
The annual Patron’s Party for the Georgetown House Tour can be held April 20 from 6 to 8 p.m. on the Langhorne Residence, 1680 thirty first St. NW. Proceeds from this occasion profit St. John’s ministries to homeless adults and youngsters, the unemployed, senior residents and low-income kids at D.C. public colleges.
Advance tickets for the Patron’s Party begin at $300 per particular person and go up to $2,500 for eight tickets, which features a itemizing within the Georgetown House Tour brochure in addition to eight tickets to the Georgetown House Tour & Tea.
Proceeds from ticket gross sales for the Georgetown House Tour assist the church assist quite a lot of causes, such because the Bishop Walker School, Bright Beginnings, Cornerstone Community, Seabury Senior Ministries, Georgetown Ministry Center, Grate Patrol, Jubilee Jobs, D.C. Volunteer Lawyers Project, Manna, Metro Teens & Pediatric AIDS, New Futures, and Joseph House (all within the Washington metro space), as well as to Seafarers & International House, American Near East Refugee Aid, Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem and Honduras Support by way of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington.
Advance tickets for the Georgetown House Tour are priced at $55 per particular person and can be found for buy by clicking right here. Tickets may be bought at St. John’s Episcopal Church two days earlier than and the day of the tour for $60 per particular person. Masks and proof of vaccination are required for all friends.