Photo courtesy of the National Capital Trolley Museum

The Capitol Hill Restoration Society (CHRS) will present a free, virtual Preservation Café on the pivotal role streetcars played in the development and growth of Capitol Hill on Thursday, February 6, 2025, at 6:30 p.m.

Eric Madison, executive director of the National Capital Trolley Museum, will discuss the role streetcars played on Capitol Hill from the mid-19^th century to their eventual decline in the mid-20^th century.

Madison will use a combination of historical photographs, maps and firsthand accounts. He will take you through the streets of Capitol Hill as they were – bustling with the iconic streetcars that connected our neighborhood to the rest of the city. The streetcar system influenced the urban landscape, the daily lives of residents and the evolution of transportation in D.C.

The trolley museum, located in Montgomery County, MD, preserves and interprets the history of Washington’s electric street railways. Its collections include 17 streetcars.

Photo courtesy of the National Capital Trolley Museum

 Register through Eventbrite to get the Zoom link beginning at 9 am on January 27.

Our CHRS Preservation Cafés are free to both CHRS members and non members.