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One of Washington's best-kept secrets, the "Brewmaster's Castle" is considered by many historians to be one of the most intact late-Victorian home in the country,
and a
Landmark on the National Register of Historic Places.
Built
in 1892-1894 of poured concrete and reinforced steel by German
immigrant, local brewer and philanthropist, Christian Heurich
(HI-rick), it is also the city's first fireproof home.
Heurich
was Washington's second largest landowner, the largest private employer
in the nation's capital, and as the world's oldest brewer,
ran his brewery until his death at 102.
A
visit to The Heurich House Museum is a visit back in time to the
late-19th Century, when the Heurich family was in residence in
Washington's premier residential neighborhood.
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