The exterior of The Lindens, the oldest home in D.C.

Stacy Zarin Goldberg / Architectural Digest

Georgetown’s Old Stone House is, as its name promises, very old. But there’s one Kalorama home that’s more than a decade older, and Architectural Digest has new photos that show how it’s holding up.

The Lindens, as the Kalorama house is often called, was built in 1754 for Robert “King” Hooper, a wealthy Tory merchant. But in a twist, the edifice wasn’t constructed in D.C. (and not just because the name Washington D.C. didn’t yet exist)—the centuries-old Georgian-style home was located in Danvers, Mass., and, during its near 200 years in New England, had residents including British General Thomas Gage, John Adams descendant Henry Adams, and a boarding house.

The sitting room in The Lindens. Stacy Zarin Goldberg / Architectural Digest

In the early 1930s, George and Miriam Morris—a Washington lawyer and fertilizer heiress, respectively—had their eyes on the building. The Lindens had fallen into disrepair during the Great Depression, and looked “like an oasis amidst the derelict neighborhood,” said Harold Sack of Israel Sack Inc., the antiques company that purchased the home in the 1930s and then sold it to the Morrises, per the New York Times.

Initially, the couple purchased the plot of land in Kalorama with the hopes of building a replica of a historic mansion. “But the 1929 Wall Street crash made the idea of finding a derelict house of historic importance and moving it to Kalorama Road seem financially more feasible,” the Times wrote in 1982.

A family room in The Lindens. Stacy Zarin Goldberg / Architectural Digest

The Morrises bought The Lindens in 1934 for $12,500. The home was disassembled in Massachusetts, shipped down to D.C. on railroad cars, and rebuilt in Kalorama from 1935-1937, according to the D.C. Preservation League. More than 60,000 people visited during the Morrises’ time as owners, per the Times, as guests and during house tours.

However, while The Lindens is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it remains a private property, unlike the Old Stone House.

When it sold in 2016 for $7.1 million, The Lindens was the fifth most expensive home sold that year in the greater D.C. area. According to Zillow, the 8,800 square foot home boasts six bedrooms, nine bathrooms, and 11 fireplaces. But Alice Berman, whose parents bought the building, tells Architectural Digest that the home itself was in rough shape: “There was mold infesting every room: underneath the floorboards and behind the wallpaper.”

A look at the master bathroom. Stacy Zarin Goldberg / Architectural Digest

Berman, an author, splits her time between New York and D.C., according to the magazine, and cites the home as an inspiration for her work.

During a year-long renovation, Berman told the magazine her family sought “to maintain the unique character of the house but still make it contemporary and livable.” She says the home came with binders of old photos and other historical artifacts from its lifespan.

This story has been updated with the correct spelling of Robert Hooper’s name.