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
I am currently in the last throes of the writing of my latest book, on the urban legends of Washington DC, so today, I will talk about a statue in the Rotunda of the Capitol, around which many different stories have swirled. According to a writer on the website Conservatives4Palin.com, “Within the walls of the […]
I have several times looked at the various taverns, hotels and boardinghouses that ringed the Capitol in the early days of Washington DC. A number of names reoccur frequently, and one of those who seems to have operated each of the three main hotel buildings at one time or another was Robert Long.
There are all sorts of places that I find old things to write about. This week’s story comes from Old Time DC, a place on Facebook to find wonderful old pictures of Washington. They are from all across the city and from all times, but I am partial to those showing parts of Capitol Hill […]
My research often begins with an old map, on which I notice something that no longer has a place on the Hill. Usually, it is a building of some sort that catches my attention. Sometimes, it’s a name such as Heckman Street on a 1921 map. Who was Heckman, I wondered, and why was his […]
When you think of areas with bars on the Hill today, it’s usually in terms of Pennsylvania Avenue, 8th and 7th Streets, and H Street. Back in the day, there were of course also the late, lamented corner bars, but there was also another strip of bars in what – today – seems a surprising […]