A major renovation yields a multigenerational home on Capitol Hill

A family on Capitol Hill beat the odds by renovating a townhouse during the pandemic while keeping children and grandparents safe and healthy.

Naomi and Ed Griffin’s first home purchase was a three-level Victorian-era townhouse that they bought in 2004 for $762,000. Naomi, 47, is an economist. Ed is 46 and an attorney. At the time, the home was divided into two separate residences. An iron gate opened to two exterior doors, one leading to a ground-level apartment and the second door to a two-level living space upstairs.