Old Stone House: Washington's oldest unchanged building and its ghost stories

The Old Stone House, built c. 1765, is the oldest unchanged building on its original foundation in Washington, D.C., and is owned and operated as a historic house museum. The house is associated with Colonial-era history in Georgetown and is documented as surviving urban development that altered much of the surrounding area. Over the years visitors and staff have reported anecdotal accounts of unexplained noises and sightings, contributing to local ghost-story lore; such reports are treated as anecdotal by historians and the National Park Service.