While in my usual columns about lost Capitol Hill I write about landmarks that are completely lost, it is good to see that I am not the only person trying to remember some of these buildings. Today I write about a place that I found out about only because there is still a small memento […]
Christ Church, located today 620 G Street, SE, was built in 1807 and consecrated in 1809, is the oldest church in Washington DC. It was not, however, the first building used by this congregation. That honor goes to a small wooden structure located nearby. Christ Church was created by an act of the Maryland legislature. […]
This week’s column is, in a way, poorly named, as it concerns itself not with something lost from Capitol Hill, but rather, something that never was built in the first place. Nonetheless, it gives me a chance to look back on L’Enfant’s plan of Washington once again, and this opportunity is one that I will […]
After a hopefully entertaining excursion into the spiritual world, I return again to this plane of existence, and my usual musings on Capitol Hill history. Today’s subject is a temporary hospital built on a piece of vacant land in the wide-open spaces of eastern Washington DC during the Civil War. It was named after the […]
The story of William Tunnicliff’s taverns continues this week, as Tunnicliff abandoned his Pennsylvania Avenue location for a much better site nearer the Capitol, then under construction. In this week’s post, he plays host to two important names in the new capital, including the President of the United States. Follow me over the jump for […]