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Awful. I hope that she and baby are ok. 
James
7:53am
Welcome to the neighborhood!!
1:29am
but the vets who died gave you the right to voice your opinion. God Bless them
i'm guessing they put in some good sound buffering windows? fl ave is LOUD.
11:06pm
^yes. The only danger at this location is being run over by a motorist from Maryland.
No wonder this house always intrigued me. It’s gorgeous and I always thought of old homes in Massachusetts etc. whenever I looked at it!
I suspect the columns on either side of the front door, and the gable above them, were added later. Otherwise a great house true to it’s 1700 roots.
North Shore represent!!!
And as a Duxburian, I resent that. South Shore rocks.
It really bothers me when buildings like this claim to be the “oldest building in XXX-PLACE” even though it wasn’t originally built there (like this one that was building in Massachusetts and only moved to DC in 1935). I feel like that title should only be bestowed on buildings that are actually still in the city/town where they were originally built. While this is definitely a historic building, it is not as historic to DC it appears to be when it claims to be the “Washington’s oldest house”.
That being said – it really is a beautiful building and looks like it’s been fantastically maintained over the years.
Agreed. It’s a great specimen & historic backstory, but the “DC’s Oldest House” designation feels a bit dodgy. It would be splitting hairs if it weren’t for the plaque & such…
I agree completely.
Echoing DC_Arch, the ‘Old Stone House’ in Georgetown is probably the true oldest house of DC. Though I see on it’s website it says “Old Stone House, built in 1765, is the oldest known private home in Washington, DC”
Does this mean there are older public homes, I wonder??
Regardless, The Lindens is a beautiful house.
Ugh – even our oldest house is an annoying Masshole transplant
hahahaha
I thought the atone house on m st in Georgetown was the oldest.
Wow, very cool. I always had wondered about this house. It seems architecturally out of place due the style of architecture, even in this architecturally diverse neighborhood.
It looks very classy. It’s made with stone, right? Me and my husband are planning on building our own home. I really want to make it like that, you know? Ha, maybe our home would last as long as that house!
no. it’s made with brick and faced with stone.
are pure masonry structures even possible anymore?