Beale 

A cozy, secluded room, decorated in restful shades of green, located conveniently on the first floor of the house, our Beale room features a firm queen bed, luxurious linens and a large mirrored dresser. Guests watching their budgets choose Beale for its smaller size and proximity to our breakfast buffet!

Behind the Room Name: Emily & George Beale

George Beale, born in 1792, in Hampton, Virginia. Emily Truxtun was born 30 Sept 1798 in Perth Amboy NJ. They were married in Philadelphia May 4, 1819.

Mr. Beale was decorated in 1820 with a Congressional Silver Medal for "Galantry, good conduct, and services in the decisive and splendid victory gained on Lake Champlain on the 11th of Sept 1814 over a British Squadron of superior force."

In 1823, Mr. Beale bought the 10-acre Bloomingdale estate one mile north of capital for $600.00 from Wm Bradley (who was from Wilksbarre, pa). This estate grew to 50 acres, and became the family home for several Beale generations until the death of Emily Beale in 1885.

George died the 4 th of April 1835 in his 44th year at his "Bloomingdale" estate in Washington. dc and was buried in the Congressional Cemetery. Emily passed on some 50 years later on May 21, 1885.

The Bloomingdale neighborhood comes from part of The Truxtun-Beale Estate.