Peer Historic Districts
Eastern HS Landmark Nomination
The Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB) unanimously designated Eastern High School as a historic landmark on the DC Inventory of Historic Sites. In early 2022 CHRS was asked by the school principal and a representative of the Capitol Hill Community Foundation to nominate Eastern on its 100-year anniversary in 1923. Many months of on-line research, trips to MLK and...
Emerald Street Historic District Signs Installed
The signs denoting the Emerald Street Historic District (ESHD) were installed in February. Congratulations to the ESHD neighbors! photo
Kingman Park Historic District
On May 3, 2018, the Historic Preservation Review Board approved the Kingman Park Historic District (Historic Designation Case 16-19). The Board found that Kingman Park meets the criteria for historic district designation: National Register Criterion A for events and history, as the site of events that contributed significantly to the heritage, culture and development...
Emerald Street NE Historic District
Residents of Emerald Street, NE (13th/14th/E/F streets) sought a historic district to protect their street. ANC 6A sponsored the application, which CHRS supported. After much hard work by the residents, the Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB) approved the new historic district on May 25, 2017. HPRB members noted that Emerald Street is "one of the most beautiful...
Historic District Conversation
The Friends of Kingman Park Civic Association invite the public to attend an "Informational Panel on Historic Districts, Saturday, March 11, 2017 from 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at St. Coletta of Greater Washington, 1910 Independence Ave. SE. Representatives from the District's Historic Preservation Office, DC Preservation League, Capitol Hill Restoration Society, Ditto...
Emerald Street Historic District Nomination
Residents of Emerald Street NE (between 13th/14/E/F streets) have been working to make their street a historic district. ANC 6A sponsored the historic district nomination. The DC Historic Preservation Office has accepted the Emerald Street Historic District nomination for filing and assigned it Case No.17-05. (Emerald Street HD nomination)