The House History Man

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...
Friday, February 23, 2018

330 T Street, NW in LeDroit Park: Owned by Prominent Lawyer Fountain Peyton, Born Enslaved

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            The owner and builder of the house at 330 T Street, NW, Charles A. White, ap plied for and was granted an Application for Pe...
Saturday, January 13, 2018

Your House in Bloomingdale Might Have Once Been the Site of a Huge Greenhouse

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The "Glorious Square 519" Surrounded by R Street, 3rd and 4th Streets, and Florida Avenue, NW              Long befor...
Thursday, September 07, 2017

The 1917 scandals and affairs of DC's builder Chester A. Snow

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Patent Attorney and Investment Builder Chester A. Snow A successful patent attorney, Chester Ammen Snow also invested in building...
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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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