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Georgetown Information
Georgetown is a neighborhood located in the Northwest quadrant of Washington,
D.C., along the Potomac River waterfront. It was formerly a separate city,
predating the establishment of the District of Columbia and the founding of
Washington, D.C.
As the only existing town at the time, Georgetown was the fashion and cultural
center of the newly-formed District of Columbia. As Washington grew, however,
the center of social Washington moved east across Rock Creek to the new
Victorian homes that sprang up around the city's traffic circles, and to the
gilded age mansions along Massachusetts Avenue. While many "old families" stayed
on in Georgetown, the neighborhood was well past its prime by the early 20th
century. The neighborhood began to return to its past glory when gentrification
began during the 1930s, as a number of members of the administration of
President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved into the area. By the 1950s, a wave of new
post-war residents arrived. Many of these new residents were well-educated, from
elite backgrounds and they took a keen interest in the neighborhood's historic
nature. At about the same time, the Citizens Association of Georgetown was
formed. The area reached the height of fashionably when Georgetown resident John
F. Kennedy was elected president. Kennedy lived in Georgetown in the 1950s as
both a Congressman and a Senator. Parties hosted by his wife, Jackie, and many
other Georgetown hostesses drew political elites away from downtown clubs and
hotels or the upper 16th Street corridor. Kennedy went to his presidential
inauguration from his townhouse at 3307 N Street in January 1961. Since then,
Georgetown has acquired a reputation as the leading center of wealth and style
within the U.S. capital.
Throughout the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries the
concentration of wealth in Georgetown sparked the growth of many private college
preparatory schools including; Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School,
National Cathedral School, St. Albans School, and several others.
Many leading figures in politics, media, and commerce reside in this
upper-bracket community. Current inhabitants include Massachusetts Senator John
Kerry, past Washington Post Editor Ben Bradlee, former Secretary of State
Madeleine Albright, Clinton aide George Stephanopolous, and Montana Senator Max
Baucus, among others. High-end developments and gentrification have revitalized
Georgetown's formerly blighted industrial waterfront. One remnant is the
District's old refuse incinerator smokestack, preserved as a historic landmark
and, as of 2003, incorporated into the layout of a newly built Ritz Carlton
Hotel. The Whitehurst Freeway has been proposed for demolition.