Capitol Hill House Histories
The Capitol Hill Restoration Society is in the process of acquiring histories of Capitol Hill houses and interesting facts about Capitol Hill properties. These documents may be accessed by links contained in the pdf file: Database of Capitol Hill Houses listed here. New addresses will be added to the list as warranted. Recent additions to the database are listed here, with links.
- Park Street NE 1880 Census
- 320 & 625 East Capitol St, (Senate & Conchran’s) Tourist Homes
- 1017 C Street SE
- 810 D Street NE
- 415 East Capitol St. SE Society of Woman Geographers Headquarters
- 24 9th St. NE – written by owner; includes history of the Rothwell (builder) family
- 529 6th Street SE
- 423 6th Street SE (Carbery House)
- 219 A Street SE & Terrace Ctourt SE part1 part2 part3 part4 part5 part6 part7
- 122 5th Street SE
- 705 E. Capitol St. SE
- 229 10th Street SE
- 819 D Street NE (9th St. Christian Church)
- 801 North Carolina Avenue NE (Christ Our Shepherd Church)
- 800 H Street NE
- 647 South Carolina Avenue SE
- 200 Ninth Street SE
- 202 Ninth Street SE
- 228 East Capitol St Sleuthing an Old House
- 228 East Capitol St
- 906 East Capitol St
- 323 A St SE
- 812 C St SE
- 609 Constitution Ave NE
- Elliott Street NE
If you have an electronic copy of a house history please submit it to the webmasters at chrs420@gmail.com
If you have a paper copy please contact Deborah Bell via e-mail (ionic_order@verizon.net) or phone: 202.744.8700
Photos of houses in selected squares: chrs.org/the-capitol-hill-photo-project/
Free searches of house histories through the Washington Post.
The Database Of Capitol Hill Permits also may be accessed here as an Excel spreadsheet. The Excel spreadsheet is divided between Northeast addresses and Southeast addresses and then sorted by street and address. Note that Streets 10 and above sort before 2nd Street. The spreadsheet may be downloaded and sorted.