Robert Dodge House
The Robert Dodge House in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. is a historic home designed by Andrew Jackson Downing and Calvert Vaux. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing building in the Georgetown [Historic District (Washington, D.C.)|Georgetown Historic District], which is also a U.S. National [Historic Landmark District].
It was described in Calvert Vaux's Villas and Cottages book of 1857 and was documented on the Historic [American Buildings Survey]. Photographs of its exterior, interior, and building plans were made part of the Historic [American Buildings Survey] and are on Wikimedia Commons.
The house was designed by Andrew Jackson Downing and Calvert Vaux. Many of its Italianate features were removed. It originally had a porch tower. It was built for Robert P. Dodge, an engineer for the C & O Canal and was involved in business with Georgetown Gas Light Company and the Columbia Flour Mill.