Dumbarton House

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  • Address
    2715 Q St NW, Georgetown
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  • Phone
    337 2288
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  • Transport
    bus: Georgetown shuttle from Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro

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Lonely Planet review

Often confused with Dumbarton Oaks, Dumbarton House is a modest Federal historic house once inhabited by Joseph Nourse, Register of the US Treasury for the first six presidents. It's now run by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. The genteel but gently witty tours focus not only on the house - chockablock with antique china, silver, furnishings, rugs, gowns and books - but also on quaint Federal customs, like passing around the chamber pot after formal dinners so gentlemen could have a group pee.