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BY ROBERT DEVANEY, PHOTOS BY MIKE MITCHELL PHOTOGRAPHY.

Eight alluring abodes are on the 2022 Georgetown House Tour, thanks to Phyllis Bayer and Michael, Jennifer Bisceglie and Robert Brese, Denise and Michael Bloomfield, Constance Chatfield Taylor, Stephanie and Lawrence Flanagan, Skip Sroka and John Kammeier, Sara and Erik Swabb — and the City Tavern Club. There are four places on the east side and four on the west side. The following is a list of participating homes for the April 23 house tour, as provided by tour officials.

3264 P STREET NW

Georgetown’s hidden Victorian gem. This 1840s home boasts enchanting grounds with gracious and enchanting gardens.

1519 28TH STREET NW

A bow front Victorian dating to the late 1800s, this house features a deep garden and a small water feature that was previously on the Georgetown Garden Tour.

3323 R STREET NW

Home to interior designer Skip Sroka and his husband John Kammeier, this property was recently reconfigured and repurposed. Guests can anticipate a centered staircase and a secondfloor garden room complete with French doors and a Juliet balcony overlooking the rear walled garden. Other notable design elements include custom designed furniture as well as antiques, rugs, art objects and paintings.

3206 M STREET NW

The City Tavern Club is a private club housed in one of the oldest buildings in Washington, and the last remaining Federal-style tavern in the city. Constructed in 1796 and first managed by Clement Sewall, who served in the Revolutionary War alongside his friend John Parke Curtis, George Washington’s stepson.

2706 OLIVE STREET NW

The 1950s home of famed chef Julia Child. This clapboard 1870 colonial-style home, which the chef affectionately called her “little jewel” is where Child produced recipes for one of her earliest cookbooks, “Mastering the Art of French Cooking.” The home was built in a postCivil War era by a notable African American carpenter, Edgar Murphy. Child purchased the home with her husband in the late 1940s, and in the 1970s, acclaimed architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen, best known for designing Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’s home in Martha’s Vineyard, modernized the home, adding a wall of windows that are still intact today. The home recently sold following a five-year renovation by notable architect Dale Overmyer.

3312 N STREET NW

This is one of the earliest homes in Georgetown, built in 1818. Designed in the true Federal- style architecture. Beautiful updates throughout have been done while maintaining the original details of the home.

3131 P STREET NW

This end unit is home to Sara Swabb, founder and creative director of StorieCollective. Swabb recently completed a full renovation to make it more conducive for her young family. Part of the renovation’s scope included restoring the previously stripped millwork to its 1890s origins. Guests can anticipate modern light fixtures, a large open kitchen, and a lowerlevel family room. This home was built on land known as the Rock of Dumbarton and boasts long range garden views, the benefit of bordering the large estate of the Albritton family.

3130 DUMBARTON STREET NW

This home is full of light with large windows and French doors which lead to a double sized lot. The home is adorned with period pieces and the walls embellished with the owner’s extensive art collection. Guests are encouraged to visit the Carriage House, which has been converted to a Nantucket-inspired guest cottage complete with a large pool and patio.