Georgetown in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
A Drugstore Like No Other
Often seen in the front room were journalists Ben Breadlee, Art Buchwald, David Brinkley, and Herblock, while other luminaries of the press, judiciary and cinema came and went. In town making All the President's Men, Robert Redford, Jason Robards and Dustin Hoffman hung out there absorbing information on the personalities they would portray. There might be various Kennedys; actresses Lauren Bacall, Gene Tierney and Eva Gabor; and writer Larry McMurtry in attendance. While merriment reigned out front, Doc would often be in the back room dispensing kindly advice on the phone
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Georgetown has long attracted writers. Louisa May Alcott nursed Civil War wounded in a converted tavern at 30th and M Streets and wrote about her experience in Hospital Sketches. Sinclair Lewis wrote Elmer Gantry while living on Q Street. Katherine Anne Porter lived nearby while working on Ship of Fools. Poet and diplomat St.-John Perse, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1960, lived on 34th Street. Archibald MacLeish, Herman Wouk, Walter Lippman, plus countless historians, political commentators, pundits and sages have lived and worked here.
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Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Government & Politics • Industry & Commerce • War, US Civil. A significant historical year for this entry is 1344.
Location. 38° 54.445′ N, 77° 3.805′ W. Marker is in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia. It is in Georgetown. It is at the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue Northwest and Dumbarton Street Northwest, on
Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Upper South, in the Mid-Atlantic, in the Tidewater, and in the Chesapeake Bay Region. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Georgetown Theater, Slave Pen, and the Marshall Family (within shouting distance of this marker); Georgetown's Watering Holes (within shouting distance of this marker); Dumbarton United Methodist Church / Methodism's Mother Church of Washington (within shouting distance of this marker); Montgomery Tavern and Slave Pen (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); John Lutz (about 400 feet away); St. John's Episcopal Church, Georgetown Parish (about 500 feet away); Colonel Ninian Beall (about 500 feet away); St. John's: 200 Years of History (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Northwest Washington.
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 2, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 759 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 2, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
