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Added to NRHP. January 17, 1992. Designated DCIHS. November 8, 1964. The City Tavern Club was a private club in the Georgetown area of Washington, D.C., United States. It was housed in the City Tavern, one of the oldest buildings and the last remaining Federal-period tavern in the city. [2] It closed on August 31, 2024 [3][4].
The Cellar Door. Coordinates: 38°54′18.5″N 77°4′4.1″W. The Cellar Door was a 163-seat music club located at 34th & M Street NW in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. from 1964 [1] through January 7, 1982. It occupied the location of a former music club called The Shadows.
In Northwest Washington, M Street is a major street downtown and the main east–west street in the Georgetown neighborhood. M Street NW begins at the Key Bridge, which crosses the Potomac River at the 3500 block. To the west of 36th Street, M Street turns into Canal Road. M Street was originally called Bridge Street until the roads in ...
On June 25, 1883, the club acquired a lot on the corner of H Street and 17th Streets for $10. [3] Later In 1883, the club moved into the first purpose-built structure for a club in Washington, D.C. [3] Designed by the architects W. Bruce Gray and Harvey L. Page, the Victorian-style, four-story building was destroyed in a fire in 1904. [3]
The club's first permanent headquarters was an existing two-and-one-half-story residence at 42 East 15th Street, later redesignated 109–111, between Union Square East and Irving Place. Built in about 1847 and purchased by the Century Association in 1857 for $24,000, the dwelling was extensively remodeled four times during its 34 years as a ...
Bratt's Club – John Beaver's club in A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh; Charles Ryder’s club in “ Brideshead Revisited” by Evelyn Waugh; Colonel Charles Russell's club in two of the first three novels by William Haggard. Centaur Club – Francis Blake's club in Blake and Mortimer (comics) by Edgar P. Jacobs.
The F Street House is a historic 19th-century mansion in Washington, D.C., blocks away from the White House, that serves as the official residence of the President of the George Washington University. [ 2 ] It is a registered landmark on the National Register of Historic Places and was previously known as the Steedman-Ray House, Alexander Ray ...
Marijuana. It's still the most-used illegal drug in the U.S., despite it recently earning legal status for medical purposes in many states. Marijuana refers to the dried leaves, flowers, stems ...