In anticipation of the 61st anniversary of the Mothers Day House and Garden Tour (May 12 & 13), the Society is sponsoring a photo contest – “The Capitol Hill Home” – entries are due March 17, 2018 (deadline has been extended).  2017winners

You know it when you see it. The quintessential Capitol Hill home. It could be a bay-front Victorian. Arched windows, perhaps, and maybe a tall double door front entry or iron steps. It may not be the house itself but some almost hidden feature steals the show: a small, round window overlooking an alleyway; an old corbel architectural adornment has no structural function, brick detail over the front door, the stained glass transom window, or the rusted fountain in the yard. For each of us, it’s a different answer.

Emerald Street architectural detail

We’d like to hear how you define “The Capitol Hill Home.”  Even better, show us – take a hi-resolution (1MB) exterior shot of what you think makes a home a Capitol Hill home and email it to HouseTourCHRS@gmail.com. Be sure to include your name and address, email address, and the address of the property in the photo.

The winning images will be awarded two complementary passes to the 2018 CHRS Mother’s Day House & Garden Tour and are displayed on the website.

In submitting your photo to the CHRS House Tour photo contest, you agree that it will become the property of CHRS, which may reproduce, modify, and digitize and adapt the photograph. You retain the right to continued use of the image.