Georgetown Time Machine

This week for Georgetown Time Machine I’m dipping back into the 1993 photos. This one is of the Georgetown institution W.T. Weaver & Sons back when they still operated as a traditional hardware store. Nowadays they’re still at the same address but located upstairs where they sell high end kitchen design pieces, like faucets and cabinet hardware.

W.T. Weaver & Sons was founded in Georgetown in 1889 and remains the oldest continually running shop in Georgetown. It was a general hardware store for most of its existence. Here’s a shot of this block almost 100 years ago:

Four generations later, and Weaver Hardware is still family owned and opened.

The building itself has changed quite a bit over the years. Until a large fire in 1963, it looked like this:

This is a great example of how the trend of making everything look “federal” starting in the 1930’s ignores the rich history of wild Victorian architecture in Georgetown.