2813 Q St Nw, Washington, DC 20007

Award-winning and architecturally significant, 2813 Q Street is one of Hugh Newell Jacobsen’s earliest and defining Georgetown works. Designed in 1962, reconciles the Old Georgetown Act’s preservation standards with Jacobsen’s modernist clarity and precision. Behind its 19th-century façade lies a luminous world of soaring space, geometry, and proportion—a timeless expression of Washington modernism. A double set of entry doors opens to a two-story atrium more than twenty feet high, capped by glass ceilings and framed by tall doors to the garden and public rooms. The scale accommodates full trees indoors, while a discreet bar and deep coat closet are built in seamlessly and are hiding in plain sight. To the right, the expansive living room with massive fireplace features a south-facing bay window and glass doors to the garden. On the west side of the atrium, a south-facing library offers large windows, a fireplace, and custom cabinetry. Across the bluestone hallway is a perfectly … read more …