CHRS announces nominees for the 2013 -2014 Board of Directors
Election of the 2013-2014 Board will take place in June. The Election Committee report 2013
Bytes of History – by Sandy Schmidt
The web page, http://bytesofhistory.org, provides access to documents describing the social history of Washington focusing primarily on the 19th and early 20th centuries. Special emphasis is given to the men and women of the Metropolitan Police Department and the many interesting stories of those interred in Washington cemeteries.
Preservation Cafe: Wicked Capitol Hill
Author Robert Pohl Featured at May 2012 Preservation Café
Robert Pohl, Capitol resident and author of Wicked Capitol Hill: An Unruly History of Behaving Badly, shared excerpts from his new book at the May 16th Preservation Café. (more…)
House & Garden Brochures online
Fifty-five House and Garden Brochure are on-line thanks to Members Scott Knight and Aneta Large. Click Here. If you have material relating to the 1958 – 1962 House Tours please let us know.
Heritage Foundation Decision
D.C. Court of Appeals denied CHRS’s appeal in their decision in CHRS v. Mayor’s Agent on Historic Preservation.