Mothers Day House & Garden Tour, Saturday, May 11, 4-7 pm, and Sunday, May 12, 1-5 pm. Walking Tours of Gessford Ct. both days. Entertainment by the Eastern HS band, the Blue & White Marching Machine, on Sunday, weather permitting. Details

Guided, outdoor, mini-tours of Gessford Court SE will be included in the 2019 House and Garden Tour, Saturday, May 11 at 5 p.m. and Sunday, May 12 at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.  Read more »

CHRS is sponsoring a Capitol Hill Little League team – the Restoration Nats. Read more »

On Friday, March 29, 2019 at 7 pm, John Hillegass, winner of the 2019 Dick Wolf Prize, presented a lecture on the decision to dismantle the Washington DC streetcar system in favor of buses.  Read more »

In anticipation of the 62nd anniversary of the Mothers Day House and Garden Tour (May 12 & 13), the Society is sponsoring a photo contest – “The Capitol Hill Home” – entries were due March 16, 2019. Congratulations to the 2019 winners!        2018 winners 2017 winners Read more »

Residential property owners in the four squares 752, 753, 777 and 778 bounded by Second to Fourth Streets, and F to H Streets, NE in Washington DC are invited to apply to the Capitol Hill Restoration Society (CHRS) for home improvement grants. Read more »

DDOT’s Public Space Committee will address these at two public hearings, the regular meeting to be held Friday, March 15, 2019, 5 pm and a special meeting, Thursday, March 21, 2019, 1 pm. Written comments due by March 15 at 5 pm. The most recent version (2-1-2019) of the draft Small Cell Guidelines Small Cell Design Guidelines –  released by DDOT Public Space Committee, Friday, February 1, 2019 – DDOT Small Cell Page Read more »

For the past three years CHRS has participated in an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) undertaken by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for the expansion of the Union Station Rail Terminal. Read more »