Dumbarton House

A Federal-period mansion in upper Georgetown, Dumbarton House was completed in the early 1800s and once served as a stopping point for Dolley Madison as she fled the burning of Washington in 1814. Now the headquarters and museum of a national heritage society, it displays furniture, silver, ceramics, and paintings from the early republic. The symmetrical brick facade and refined interiors typify the architecture favored by the young nation's elite in the capital.