National Capital Brewery
It’s increasingly difficult to picture, but Capitol Hill was once home to many industrial and commercial operations including manufacturing, beer brewing, coal yards, and other now-vanished businesses. Traces remain; you’ve doubtless walked by them and wondered about their origins. Join the “Our Industrial Past” tour to learn about this fascinating aspect of the neighborhood.
Tour schedule:
Saturday, September 16, 1:30 pm.
Residence Assoc. with Organ Factory
The Maples, first section built in 1795, probably the oldest existing house on Capitol Hill
Learn about early Black and White residents of Capitol Hill, the houses they built (some grand and most modest), the early community, the first Eastern Market, and work at the Navy Yard.
Tour schedule:
Saturday, September 16, 1:30 pm.
Saturday, October 7, 2 pm.
pre-Civil War Naval Gun Factory
City of Washington – by G. Cooke, 1833
Modern alley dwellings on Duvall Ct. SE
Capitol Hill has many hidden alleys and charming one-block streets with a past mix of residential and industrial uses and some of our most diverse populations. Explore these unique communities, their houses and history, their ups and downs, who lived there in the past and who lives there now. Gessford Ct., Walter St., Kings Ct., Duvall Ct., Cluss Ct. Take a virtual peek inside Undine & Carl Nash’s re-purposed-warehouse residence on Adolf Class Ct. SE. Or read this article on Urban Turf.
Tour schedule:
Sunday, September 17, 1:30 pm.
Saturday, October 7, 2 pm.
29 Kings Ct. SE
View of Gessford Ct.SE
CHRS provided comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Union Station Redevelopment, July 2023.
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A few photos of our 2023 Mother’s Day House and Garden Tour.
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Lollipops!
As part of our ongoing outreach efforts, Society volunteers fielded a contingent in this year’s Capitol Hill 4th of July Parade. It was great to see friends and neighbors and distribute lollipops to the spectators. Photos
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