Celebrating Eastern Market for 150 Years – Preservation Cafe

Posted on March 18, 2023

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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March NCSHPO Tours

Posted on March 17, 2023

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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Photo Contest 2023

Posted on March 3, 2023

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 »

Guided Walking Tours – April 2023

Posted on January 13, 2023

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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Mural Tour

Posted on January 1, 2023

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 »

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