The House History Man

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Friday, June 01, 2018

It's not fake news: There was once 109 houses of prostitution within steps of the White House!

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We recently ran across this fascinating map at the Library of Congress that they believe was published in the 1890s...109 houses of prostitu...
Monday, October 28, 2013

The ill fated Washington City Canal: filled in and paved over in 1871

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            In the early years of the United States, there was great interest in creating canals within cities emulating European count...
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I have an educational background in Historic Preservation, having attended both Roger Williams and Cornell Universities. After a five year stint as a civilian in the Air Force running a very cool historic preservation grant program, I formed my own business in 1995 researching and writing up house histories in Washington, DC. I renovated the house at 1800 Vermont Ave, NW, and had it designated a National Historic Landmark before I listed the entire neighborhood as a historic district. I headed up Dupont Main Streets beginning in 2008 (remember the recession?), and began as the President of Historic Congressional Cemetery in 2012. My husband and I and our two cats live on Capitol Hill near the cemetery when we are not living aboard our Beneteau 473 sailboat in Baltimore during the extended sailing season.
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