The setting of this lovely home is especially inviting, the wide meadows on each side and the magnificent southern trees in front invite the eye with deep green in the summer and colorful foliage in the fall. In the winter, the house is a delight to see behind its lacy screen of tall trees.

Like all Washington houses, this home seems just one house planned and built as a unit. But llike other great houses, it also grew. In 1825, Dr. Felix Hay, whose father built Haywood and sold it to judge Garnett Andrews, built a home here using some timbers from the first Masonic building. Felix Hay sold the property to Thomas Berry.

The unusual "window's walk" and other ornamentation was probably added around 1850 when the Bowdre family owned the house. Mrs Epatha Rees Bowdre also probably added the Doric Columns.

William H Pope purchased the property in 1866. He was the son of Alexander Pope, and the great grand father of the actual owner. The Pope family has lived here for 140 years and counting.

On the sidewalk in front of the Pope home, there is an old stone "mounting block", which was used to assist the ladies in entering the high carriages of yesteryears.

This house is included in the National Register District 3