There is a full-width one-story porch with balustraded deck and side entrances.

Research in primary sources has shown that the extant structure was never a tavern during Washington's lifetime, although it is possible that he stayed in the frame Indian Queen Tavern formerly located next to the present structure.

[3] The brick tavern began to be known as the "George Washington House" before 1878 when it was being used as a hotel.

The structure also housed Jacob Coxey's "army" of unemployed during an 1894 march on Washington, D.C. to demand relief.

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