Historic Church For Sale

Another historic former church is on the market. And this one comes with a bonus: You get to live across the street from GM!

It’s 1552 33rd St. and it once served as the sanctuary of several Georgetown denominations, such as the Presbyterian church. The 1855 building was converted to residential uses in the 1930s.

While the most distinctive feature of the building is its Tudor style, that was not original to the building. That shouldn’t be too surprising, seeing as it was built several hundred years after the original style fell out of favor, and about 70 years before the style was revived in the United States. Rather, the timber frame style was applied sometime in the mid 20th century. Funnily enough, the current owners, Eric and Jenna Watson, requested permission to return the building to its original non-Tudor style (with clapboard, GM seems to recall) but the Old Georgetown Board rejected it. The faux historical had become actually historical.

But check out how awesome this house is inside:

Of course the best part is that if you buy this house, you get to live directly across from GM! You can see his house in the picture above, it’s the much, much, much, much smaller house in the back of the last photo.

The Watsons are a lovely young family, and it’s a shame to lose them from the neighborhood. It’s probably too much to expect that another young family will be able to afford the $3.9 million price tag. But here’s hoping!