Georgetown Time Machine: Weaver’s

This week for Georgetown Time Machine, I’m dipping back into the DC Historical Society’s archives. Like last week, the photo was taken by Emil Press, this time in October 1977.

The photo shows the cluttered storefront window of Weaver and Sons hardware store. This store, which is the oldest continuous store in Georgetown, has been open since 1883. The building has gone through many changes though. It originally looked like this:

But a fire in 1963 lead to the current faux colonial design. (I wish they kept the wild Victorian design). Weaver’s continued as a traditional hardware store right up to the 90s.

But later the company shifted its focus to high end kitchen hardware and moved into a showroom on the second floor. Abercrombie and Fitch have long occupied the former storefront space.