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Dick Wolf Memorial Lecture
The Dick Wolf Memorial Lecture is an annual event to showcase excellence in research and writing on urban planning and historic preservation in the District of Columbia by a student or intern. The winner delivers a presentation and receives a $1,000 prize. Dick Wolf...
Overbeck Lecture: Washington Arsenal Explosion
On Tuesday, April 14,2015, Erin Bergin Voorheis will deliver a richly illustrated Overbeck History Lecture based on her late father's book on the Washington Arsenal explosion of 1864. The little-remembered conflagration that rocked the city on a sweltering day in June...
Swampoodle Addition to Capitol Hill Historic District
On March 13, 2015, the Society petitioned Gretchen Pfaehler, Chair of HPRB in support of the Swampoodle addition to the Capitol Hill Historic District (Case 15-01). Swampoodle Nomination HP Staff Report Dear Chairwoman Pfaehler: The Capitol Hill Restoration Society...
Workshop for Children – If Buildings Could Talk!
If Buildings Could Talk! Why Preservation Matters: Architecture and Historic Preservation Workshop for Children Date: Saturday, March 7, 2015, 10 am - noon Location: AIA Foundation’s Octagon House In this interactive historical and architectural workshop for 8 – 12...
Talks from the 60th Anniversary Celebration at St. Mark’s
On January 28, 2015, we celebrated our 60th anniversary in the newly renovated parish hall at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. Over 100 members and guests attended, and were treated to music, food, cake, and reminiscences about some of CHRS’s victories in past decades by...
Overbeck Lecture: Alice Dunnigan “Alone Atop the Hill”
On Tuesday, February 24, at 7:30 p.m., author and attorney Carol McCabe Booker will deliver an Overbeck History Lecture based on the newly republished autobiography of Alice Dunnigan, who overcame both race and gender barriers as the first black woman to break into...
60th Anniversary Photos
CHRS Celebrates 60 Years
Happy Birthday to us! January 28, 2015 marked the 60th birthday of CHRS. In celebration, a series of articles will run in the Hill Rag, outlining our long history of community preservation. Additional articles have been commissioned to run in our newsletter. A list is...
CHRS on WAMU radio
Rebecca Sheir, Host of the program “Metro Connection,” on WAMU aired an interview with long-time CHRS member and Hill resident Hazel Kreinheder and CHRS President Lisa Dale Jones on February 6, 2015. That segment is part of a full hour of stories about living on...
Efforts continue to stop the CSX Tunnel Project
On February 2, 2015, the Committee of 100 filed a reply in support of its application for a preliminary injunction against the CSX tunnel project. This detailed legal document spells out the reasons the project should not go forward at this time. A hearing on the...