Plan Your Visit
Its beautiful English garden is a popular and restive oasis in the busy shopping district of Georgetown. The house itself is a popular museum to everyday life of middle class colonial America. The house was built by Christopher Layman, a cabinetmaker by trade, as both a residence and a shop. Layman died shortly after constructing the house. It was sold to Cassandra Chew who added a wing to the rear of the house in 1767. The street (then called Bridge Street) was a main thoroughfare for road traffic from the Western frontier and paralleled the canal into Georgetown. Other places to visit in Georgetown: Dumbarton Oaks Park or the C&O Canal NHP |
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Did You Know?
At least two men laid the flooring for the second floor of the house. One of the carpenters was right-handed, while the other was left-handed. Evidence for this is seen in the tool marks left by the craftsmen on the underside of the floor.