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Our Industrial Past Tour – Fall 2023
It’s increasingly difficult to picture, but Capitol Hill was once home to many industrial and commercial operations including manufacturing, beer brewing, coal yards, and other now-vanished businesses. Traces remain; you’ve doubtless walked by them and wondered about...
Civil War and Before – Fall 2023
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.
SE Alley Tours – Fall 2023
Capitol Hill has many hidden alleys and charming one-block streets with a past mix of residential and industrial uses and some of our most diverse populations. Explore these unique communities, their houses and history, their ups and downs, who lived there in the...
Union Station Expansion Project – July 2023 Comments
CHRS provided comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Union Station Redevelopment, July 2023. CHRS Comments on Union Station Redevelopment SDEIS National Trust for Historic Preservation Comments Committee of 100 on the Federal City Comments...
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House Tour 2023 – Photos
A few photos of our 2023 Mother's Day House and Garden Tour. Photographers: Elizabeth Nelson, Tanya Sharma
Art Walk – Artist Registration Deadline
CALL TO ARTISTS! 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 7-8, 2024 from noon- 4 pm. Most will have work for sale. Presented by the Capitol Hill Art...
Capitol Hill July 4th Parade – 2023
As part of our ongoing outreach efforts, Society volunteers fielded a contingent in this year’s Capitol Hill 4th of July Parade. It was great to see friends and neighbors and distribute lollipops to the spectators. Photos Hip-Hip-Huzzah! to event organizers,...
Hill Rag report on Reservation 266
In January 2014, the Hill Rag reported on the classification of Reservation 266: PocketParkControversyEndsRag
Hill Rag – CHRS Celebrating 60 Years of Preservation
In the January 2014 the Hill Rag ran this article about the CHRS anniversary celebration: CHRS Celebrating 60 Years of Preservation