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Historic Sites Tour
We're hoping you enjoyed the Whimsy of Capitol Hill Scavenger Hunt! If you're looking for another free, fun, family-friendly, socially-distanced activity try out our new, self-guided Historic Sites Walking Tour. We're including 45 historically significant sites from...
Suffragist Walking Tour
Mary Jane Schmidt has created a new website, The Women Who Shaped DC, which includes a 1.4-mile walking tour of historical sites on the Hill: Temporarily off-line. The website was her senior year project at BASIS DC public charter high school, and included an...
Evolution of 620 G St. SE
Nancy Metzger and I (Judith Capen) gave a Preservation Café talk a number of years ago titled Reversing Remuddlings. Nancy referenced the house she and her husband, Norman Metzger, bought in 1996 at 638 E Street, SE. They bought it for its stunning garden; not its...
Mother’s Day Scavenger Hunt
Although the 2020 House & Garden Tour must be postponed due to Covid-19, we are honoring this tradition with a Photo Scavenger Hunt. We're including 48 photos from across The Hill (some iconic, others more obscure), an excuse to check out nooks and crannies you...
Time Slider – HistoryQuest DC
A new feature of the DC Historic Preservation Office’s HistoryQuest DC building permit GIS mapping tool is a Time Slider that graphically displays the physical built development in the District of Columbia. Office of Planning GIS cartographer Jose Funes created the...
2020 Photo Contest Winners
In anticipation of the 63rd anniversary of the Capitol Hill House and Garden Tour, the Society sponsored a photo contest – “The Capitol Hill Home”. We are pleased to announce the winners: Congratulations to Megan Grimaldi, Robert Weinstein and Nan Raphael; and...
Volunteer Capitol Hill – 2020 – postponed
Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital originally planned to host their annual volunteer "Expo" Saturday, May 2, 2020 from 10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Hill Center, 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. However, due to health concerns, it will be rescheduled. More information,...
Frager’s Garden Party
Frager's Hardware is holding their annual Garden Party, Sunday, April 19, 2020 in the garden center behind 1115 Pennsylvania Ave. SE (enter from 12th Street).
Rising Tides: Climate Refugees in the Twenty-First Century – Village Voices
Tuesday, May 5, 2020, 7-8 pm, at the Northeast Neighborhood Library, 330 Seventh St. NE, Dr. John R. Wennerman will discuss the subject of his book, "Rising Tides: Climate Refugees in the Twenty-First Century," which looks at questions such as: How will people be...
You and the National Register of Historic Places – Preservation Cafe
Because of serious Covid-19 concerns that might affect the health and safety of the members and friends of the Capitol Hill Restoration Society, You and the National Register of Historic Places, originally scheduled for Wednesday, March 18, 2020, will be postponed...