Georgetown U.............can be seen from the island of course.........


John Mason was one of the most prominent businessmen in Georgetown at the turn of the 19th century. He served as a brigadier general of the District of Columbia militia, was a founder of the first bank in Washington, the Bank of Columbia in 1793 and later served as its president. He became president of the Potowmack (Potomac) Company, the predecessor to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company (George Washington was its first president). In 1815, he purchased the Columbia Foundry, the largest business in Washington at the time