Historic Woodworking Shop Looking for Tenant

The G. Morris Steinbraker and Sons Co. was started by Georgetown-native century to provide construction services. The first generation Steinbraker, G. Morris, built a workshop for his company on Grace St. in 1944. Ever since, his son and his grandson have used the shop for the family-business (the Georgetowner has a nice piece on the family here):

While the business will go on, the grandson, David Steinbraker, is closing up the workshop (they’ve already sold off the parking lot they used at the corner of Grace and Cecil, which will be turned into an apartment building). He’s leasing it out. It can be yours for $5,000 a month.

The space has always been a wood-working shop, with an office upstairs. It’s not clear what could go into this unusual space.

Photo courtesy of MRIS

It could probably be turned into a simply retail space relatively easily, but it’s a tough location for retail. It would be a really cool space for a coffee shop or cafe, but that would obviously take a lot more work. And the years-long vacancy at the old Grace and Bamboo space across the street suggests that restaurateurs are not jumping to open up in this slightly-off-the-beaten-path location.

It would be really neat if the space somehow remained a workshop. It remains possibly the last living link to Georgetown’s industrial days. Who would ever guess there was still a working wood-shop feet from M and Wisconsin?