The House History Man

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Wilhelm Schmidt's Grocery & Liquor Store at 18th and S Street, NW: Today's Rosemary's Thyme Restaurant

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Schmidt's grocery and liquor store at 18th and S Streets, NW Like many buildings and houses in the District of Columbia, the w...
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Saturday, August 24, 2013

History Mix: 1301 Corcoran Street, Zalmon Richards, and the Salem Witch Trials

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1301 Corcoran Street, NW Many passersby notice elegant brass plaques mounted on Washington’s numerous historic buildings, but one ...
Tuesday, July 09, 2013

1938 Plane Crash in Residential Anacostia, DC

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The house in the background was later razed for the freeway. Anacostia residents today are likely unaware that their historic comm...
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Saturday, July 06, 2013

A Drive-In Once Across from Union Station? It's True!

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Matchbook Cover from the Red Circle Food Shop Imagine my surprise when I discovered that an Art Deco styled drive in once sat right a...
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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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