The House History Man

Saturday, April 22, 2017

Entertainment for the Animals at the National Zoo

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A five member band and a dancer entertain the polar bears in the 1920s.  Since the National Zoo’s inception in 1889, many Woodley Par...
Thursday, February 23, 2017

817 Q Street, NW: The International Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

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            In the 1920s, a group of disgruntled Pullman porters in New York City asked an African-American labor militant, A. Phi...
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Sunday, February 12, 2017

59 Rooms: The Spectacular Firenze Mansion in Cleveland Park, built in 1927

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One of the largest, if not the largest, private homes in Washington is nestled behind a dense row of trees between north Cleveland ...
Tuesday, January 17, 2017

The Mysterious Wrought Iron Gates at 11th and Florida Ave NW Revealed!

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            Washingtonians traveling today along Florida Avenue between 10 th and 11 th Street might take notice of the elaborate s...
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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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