Join us on Saturday, April 8th 1989 and explore the Calvert connection to Washington society.
Leave Maryland Park & Planning Building, Kenilworth Ave., Riverdale at 9:00 a.m.
First stops TUDOR PLACE(1801)
Family home of Thomas Peter and Martha Custis Peter. Martha was the daughter of Eleanor Calvert and John Parke Custis.
*Tudor Place has just recently been opened to the public and can be seen only by appointment. LUNCHEON
At Blackies House of Beef, a Washington tradition. OCTAGON HOUSE(1801)
Built for Col. John Tayloe, a friend of Baron Henri Steir. Steir visited Octagon House and possibly got ideas for the house he was planning. SEWALL‑BELMONT HOUSE(1799)
Ihis house was built on land granted to Cecil Calvert by King Charles.