The Halcyon House, one of Washington D.C.'s most historic properties, is on the market and listed for $19.5 million.
Built in 1787 by the first Secretary of the Navy, Benjamin Stoddard, the Halcyon House in the heart of Georgetown was the center of much of Washington's social life in the early 1800's.
Stoddard eventually transferred ownership to his daughter, Elizabeth Ewell, who with her husband Thomas had a child. Richard S. Ewell later became a noted Confederate General in the American Civil War under Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee.
Over the years the house has had many renovation and many owners including Albert Clemens (Mark Twain's nephew), Dorothy W. Sterling (wife of a U.S. Ambassador to Sweden), Georgetown Univesity (used the building as dormitory), and John Dreyfuss (sculptor).
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