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October Walking Tours
From hidden alleyways to green spaces to architectural gems, you’ll discover more about Capitol Hill on one of our four October walking tours.
The volunteer-led tours resume October 4-5. September tours sold out, so grab a spot while you can! Buy tickets on Evenbrite.
House Expo 2025
Have you been thinking about undertaking a home improvement project? Or do you just have questions about your home? Help and answers will be available at the FREE Capitol Hill Restoration Society annual House Expo in the North Hall of Eastern Market on Saturday,...
Preservation Cafe: An Evening With the L’Enfant Trust
Do you notice these metal plaques on Capitol Hill homes and wonder what they mean? They indicate a preservation or conservation easement -- a legal agreement in which an owner donates the easement to protect the property against demolition, neglect or insensitive...
September walking tours
Strap on your walking shoes, because we're bringing back our popular guided walking tours of Capitol Hill. We'll offer four tours on September 6 and 7 featuring Southeast alleys, notable people, one block with many stories, and the Civil War and before. Buy tickets on...
September Membership Meeting
The next CHRS Membership Meeting will be held Thursday, September 11, 2025, at Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital (921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE). Details coming soon. Member will vote to approve the annual budget.
Capitol Hill July 4 Parade 2025
CHRS participated in this year's Capitol Hill Community 4th of July parade on Barracks Row. As per usual, it was hot and sunny and a fun time filled with neighbors and community. We handed out over 1000 CHRS-branded lollipops!
Hilloween 2025
On Friday, October 31. form 4:30-6:30 pm, CHRS will host a children’s activity table at Hilloween, an annual free street party outside of Eastern Market. We'll have beads to string, CHRS trick-or-treat bags, and other goodies. It's great fun to meet with our neighbors...
Congressional Cemetery – June Membership Meeting
As part of our ongoing celebrations of our 70th anniversary, we made the summer Membership Meeting a little more fun! The meeting itself was held in the chapel at Congressional Cemetery on June 7, 2025 . Festivities included a walking tour and an ice cream truck. This...
Art Walk 2025 – Event
Local artists and artisans will display their work in their own micro-galleries, in home-studios, on porches or in yards. Saturday and Sunday, September 13-14, 2025 from noon- 4 pm. Most will have work for sale. Presented by the Capitol Hill Art League (CHAL) and...
The 80 Year Struggle to Build National Guard Armory – Overbeck Lecture
How the vacant land between East Capitol Street and Independence Avenue west of the Anacostia River became a center of civic and military activity is a history worth telling. Jack Jones, historic preservation specialist at the DC Historic Preservation Office, will do...