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
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