Inside and Upstairs in the Surratt Boarding House... (Kinda)

[BettyO]

I spent Saturday in DC after tours in Grant Hall at Fort Leslie McNair. I went to lunch with friends at the Surratt Boarding House (Wok n' Roll) and afterwards decided to take a free "tour" upstairs; something I've wanted to do for at least 40 years.
For starters, there is a Karaoke lounge up there - but that wasn't what I wanted to see! The doors opened at 2:30 PM and we headed up. It is technically housed within Mrs. Surratt's neighbor's house next door - but.....we snooped around a bit and to the right of the hallway next door, we found ourselves in what was more or less what we felt was Mrs. Surratt's hallway and parlor in perhaps a small way. The entire structure upstairs has been subdivided into apartments and the doors were locked - so no ingress. The staircase is behind a door and the little ante-hall leads to two apartments as well as a dining room. A man was sitting and watching up from the Karaoke Room across the hallway so we were afraid to open the white door to the staircase....some other time, perhaps!

   

   

   

Lots of interesting folk at McNair that morning - including the great-great grandson of General Hartranft!