One Block Streets with Beth Purcell

CHRS is offering four outdoor guided walking tours on Saturday and Sunday, October 19 & 20, 2024.  Tickets ($15) are available on Eventbrite.

There are four tours, which last approximately 1.5 hours and are 1.5-2 miles long. Each has a different focus:

SE Alleys – October 19th at 10:30 am

Capitol Hill has many hidden alleys and charming one-block streets. Take a trip back in time to eplore the workaday world of past residential and industrial uses and some of our most diverse populations. Starts at 233 12th Street SE

One-block Streets in NE – October 19th at 1 pm

Our one-block streets are among the most charming streets on Capitol Hill. Come on this tour and learn who created them and why, the communities who lived here and the changing architectural styles popular in 1870s, 1890s, 1900s, 1910s. Meet in front of 222 11th Street NE (corner of 11th and Park Street NE).

NE Alleys – October 20 at 10:30 am

The lifestyles, occupations, and shenanigans of the inhabitants; early industrial uses; and efforts both to eliminate and to preserve alley dwellings. Starts at the triangle park bounded by the 600 blocks of Massachusetts & Constitution Avenues, NE.

The Civil War and Before – October 20 at 1 pm 

This tour highlights some of the neighborhood’s oldest history and buildings. Learn about the groups of people who were the original inhabitants of the area near the Navy Yard. Meet at the corner of 8th and M Streets SE.