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Nov 28, 2010
Looking Back: City Tavern Club
Photo by Wikipedia user APK. For this week’s entry, let’s look at a building that is steeped in the privileged and exclusive past of our city and its founding fathers. It’s a pretty plain-looking brick building you’ve probably walked by dozens of times in Georgetown and never noticed. City Tavern Club, 3206 M Street NW, was constructed in 1796 and first managed by Clement Sewall, who served in the American Revolution. The tavern was…