The Washington Brewery Company existed from 1890 until 1917 on the Square bounded by 4th, 5th, E, and F Streets NE. During that time, it supplied DC with beer in bottles graced with George Washington’s picture. After it was torn down in the 1920’s, it was replaced with Stuart Junior High School, today Stuart-Hobson Middle […]
PEnnsylvania 6-5000. ENterprise 4-3200. KLondike 5-1212. LIncoln 7-2321. You may remember some of these from a time long ago: This was how phone numbers were communicated in the days before the telephone company thought you could remember 7 – or even 10 – numbers. The last is of interest here, because it was the exchange […]
If there’s one thing missing on Capitol Hill, it’s a movie theater. It would be wonderful to be able to walk to see a movie, instead of having to take the metro or, worse, drive. With the Union Station closed, the closest theaters are at Gallery Place and on E Street NW. This was not […]
In searching for topics to write about, I have tried to keep up a mix of topics, both obvious and obscure, feel-good and…well, today’s topic. The DC Jail was a blot on Capitol Hill from shortly after it opened in 1875 until it was finally torn down in the late 70s/early 80s. But what really […]
Finding topics to write about each week about lost Capitol Hill buildings and institutions can be tricky, as so many have disappeared without a trace. Sometimes, like for the Car Barn, at least the structure remains to remind one of the street cars that once called it home. Other places, like Lincoln’s boarding house on […]