Robert Pohl worked for many years as a computer programmer but recovered from that and became a full time stay-at-home dad. With his son now in school, he has expanded his horizons and become a self-taught historian. He has written books about his house as well as Emancipation in the District of Columbia. You can reach Robert at Robert[at]thehillishome.com
When researching the early history of Capitol Hill and the Navy Yard –particularly the neighborhood surrounding the Yard–, I discovered that there was one name being used that I was unfamiliar with: Navy Yard Hill. Today, I will look at this usage. In the early years of Washington D.C., there were clearly two neighborhoods on what […]
I have previously written of the changes made to the names of streets on Capitol Hill, in particular how both B Streets were renamed Constitution and Independence Avenue. Today, I will look at a different sort of street name change. While the most important street on Capitol Hill in its early days was, without doubt, […]
Paging through old newspapers, you often come across classified ads that would not have been out of place in the Agony Column of the London Times, which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had his creation, Sherlock Holmes, describe as “a chorus of groans, cries, and bleatings! A rag-bag of singular happening! But surely the most valuable […]
Yesterday was Ward 6 Day at the National Building Museum’s The BEACH exhibit. Many Ward 6 residents took advantage of this opportunity to see the summer’s hottest attraction – and with the added benefit of having Charles Allen and his staff join them. A few pictures:
The late 1850s were a quiet time at the Washington Navy Yard. However, occasionally there was some excitement –whether it was random street violence, as we saw last week, or deserting Marines, as we have today. On February 24, 1858, the Washington Evening Star printed a Lost and Found notice regarding a missing Marine. Under […]