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
In writing my latest Hill Rag article, I came across a lot of information about various buildings on Capitol Hill that did not make the cut. Over the next couple of weeks, I will expand on some of what I wrote. Get a Hill Rag today to find out about the Navy Yard schools. Today, […]
In this quiet week between Christmas and the new year, I have decided to write about something that virtually nobody but I care about, a question that, once I realized it was as yet unanswered, intrigued me greatly. Unfortunately, I do not have a definitive answer, but maybe others with more knowledge than I can […]
In digging through the Washington Evening Star archives at the DC Library, I came across an intriguing note: That there had once been a fire station near Lincoln Hospital – ie today’s Lincoln Park – during and just after the Civil War. Sadly, I was unable to find a whole lot more about this site […]
Last week I wrote about the beer garden located at 4th and E Streets NE. I later received a message from John DeFerrarri indicating that my final sentence was incorrect: The sale of the brewery to Albert Carry did not, in fact, mark the end of a beer garden at this location on the Hill. […]
A while back, I wrote about the Washington Brewery Company, and mentioned that it grew out of the Humphreys and Juenemann operation from the late 1850s. At the time, however, the archives of the Washington Evening Star were not yet online, which meant that data from the pre-Civil War era was hard to find. With […]