Tour in Marion Park

From L’Enfant’s plans to the 21st century. When Pierre Charles L’Enfant developed his 1791 plan for the City of Washington, he established a network of public spaces, squares, linked by broad avenues. These squares were designated for variety of public functions, including serving as social centers of the neighborhoods. Marion Park is one such square. The residential neighborhood around it, and leading toward Garfield Park, evolved over centuries into a rich tapestry of buildings, old and new. On this walking tour we will share stories of the architecture, buildings, organizations and people in the area. Expect to walk about a mile. Tour will last between an hour and an hour and a half.

Tour Time: Sunday, October 8, 2 pm

Local artists and artisans displayed their work in their own micro-galleries, in Capitol Hill home-studios, on porches or in yards. Saturday and Sunday,  September 9 – 10, 2023. Co-sponsored by CHRS and the Capitol Hill Art League (CHAL). Free to both artists and visitors.

Art Walk 2024 is presented by CHAL and co-sponsored by the Hill Rag and can be found at hillrag.com/art-walk-2024/

The Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB) unanimously designated Eastern High School as a historic landmark on the DC Inventory of Historic Sites.

209 10th St. SE

Building Capitol Hill – a neighborhood’s history in just one block.
A 150+ year history of the architectural, economic and social trends that shaped our neighborhood.

Tour schedule:
Sunday, September 17, 1:30 pm.
Sunday, October 8, 2 pm.

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.