Sep 3, 2025 | Preservation Cafés
Do you notice these metal plaques on Capitol Hill homes and wonder what they mean? They indicate a preservation or conservation easement — a legal agreement in which an owner donates the easement to protect the property against demolition, neglect or insensitive alterations.
Join us September 25 for a free online talk with folks from the L’Enfant Trust, which holds most of the easements on the Hill. They’ll share insights on how to donate an easement, what makes a property eligible, and the responsibilities of easemented property owners.
They’ll also tell us about a program you may not know about — its transformational Historic Properties Redevelopment Program in Historic Anacostia. Since 2013, the program has rehabilitated deteriorated, vacant historic properties into affordable home ownership opportunities for the community.
This Preservation Cafe will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 25. Sign up via Eventbrite to get the Zoom link.
Jan 26, 2025 | Calendar, Preservation Cafés
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.
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May 26, 2024 | Calendar, Not on Home, Preservation Cafés
Story of Our Schools Exhibit
On May 28, 2024, CHRS members and guests were treated to a terrific presentation by Jen Harris, executive director and founder, and Erin Roth, development director, of the Story of Our Schools. Harris and Roth described a project they recently completed at Eastern High School where students, teachers, alumni, and other community members created a permanent exhibit to celebrate the centennial of Eastern’s building on East Capitol Street. The presentation was recorded.
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Apr 22, 2024 | Calendar, Not on Home, Preservation Cafés
Trinidad Boys Club
Kim Prothro Williams presented a free, virtual Preservation Café “Hidden Alleyways of Capitol Hill,” April 23, 2024. She is the author of “Hidden Alleyways of DC: A History,” published by Georgetown University Press and available at East City Bookshop.
The presentation was recorded. Want to learn more about alleys? Sign up for a tour.
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Mar 26, 2024 | Calendar, Not on Home, Preservation Cafés
Joanna Kendig presented a free, virtual Preservation Café “Power and Light: the Story of Electricity on Capitol Hill,” Tuesday, March 26, 2024. The presentation was recorded.
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Feb 28, 2024 | Calendar, Not on Home, Preservation Cafés
Universal Children’s Floor
Jaspreet Pahwa, Director of Capital Planning and Construction, DC Public Library presented a virtual Preservation Café “Restoring and Reimagining Capitol Hill’s Southeast Library,” February 27, 2024. The presentation was recorded. (more…)
