Molly Acorn, Founder & Creator, Mantel House DC, will present “Antique Mantels with Modern Sensibilities” at a free, virtual Preservation Café, Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at 6:30 pm. Reservations (free) and a zoom link through Eventbrite. All are encouraged to attend.

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Eastern Market ca 1983

 Robert Pohl, local historian, author, and tour guide,  presented “Celebrating Eastern Market for 150 Years,” a talk about Eastern Market – the building and its history, at an in-person Preservation Café, March 30, 2023, in the Eastern Market North Hall – operating continuously since it first opened in 1873.

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On Tuesday March 7th, Beth Purcell and Joanna Kendig each led a group of historic preservation experts through Capitol Hill, sharing our research and our delight in living here.

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The submission deadline for the “Capitol Hill Home” photo contest has passed – but hang onto your great photos for next year’s contest.   Congratulations to the 2023  winners and finalists! Read more »

Duvall Ct. April 2023

We offered guided outdoor walking tours on April 1, 2023. Missed this? Check out our Mother’s Day House and Garden Tour, May 13 & 14.

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Payne ES, built in 1896, burned in 1983

Kimberly Springle, Executive Director, Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives, and Jen Harris, Executive Director, The Story of Our Schools presented a virtual Preservation Cafe, The Story Behind Our Schools, Tuesday, January 17, 2023. A recording of the event is now available.

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Capitol Hill is home to many works of art painted on the exteriors of homes and businesses. We are continuing to add murals, as we find them – the most recent in February 2023, including new Statehood murals in an alley just off the 1300 block of H Street NE.  Read more »

Architectural “ghost” – evidence of a building now gone

Justine Bello will present a virtual Preservation Cafe, Ghosts of Capitol Hill, Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 6:30 pm. The presentation was recorded.

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