Reference address: 2929 N St NW, Washington, DC 20007
Walking directions: Continue up 30th street until you reach N Street. Cross N Street. Look across 30th Street to the long white brick building.
From 1820 to 1861 this was "Miss English's Seminary for Young Ladies". Many of the daughters of Washington's elite families were educated here under the direction of Miss Lydia Scudder English.
The seminary was three floors high and contained 19 bedrooms, a library, several parlors, and porches on the wings. It even had running hot water. The union army confiscated the seminary in 1861 and turned it into a hospital for officers. It is believed that Mary Walker, the famous doctor, served here.
She was the first woman to receive the Medal of Honor. Miss English, however, was one of Georgetown's most ardent secessionists. She could not stand to see the United States flag flying over her building so she moved out of sight around the corner to 2812 N Street.
