I will be straying off the Hill proper today – just a little bit – for a story that promises gore and depredation in large quantities. It is the history of a small neighborhood just across South Capitol Street from Capitol Hill, with the evocative name of Bloodfield. The earliest mentions of Bloodfield come in […]
Last week, I wrote about Pickford Place, and the some of its history. Today and next week, I will look at its namesakes: two builders who were not unimportant in filling the Hill in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. Thomas H. Pickford was born in Canada to Irish-Canadian parents. He was one of nine children. […]
I was recently (well, not that recently, as I had to get that Pipetown fixation out of my system first) asked by The Hill is Home’s own Maria Helena Carey about the history of Pickford Place NE, and especially where the name came from. It turns out that this opened a large can of worms– […]
Have you noticed the days are definitely getting shorter? It’s not yet the gloom of late fall, but you know it is coming. Make haste with the fun, people! Tonight, the Capitol Hill Chamber Music Festival goes back in time to explore the 17th century in a concert called Baroque in Transition. Musicians will play […]
Last week, we looked at John Philip Sousa’s novel Pipetown Sandy and how it may well have been based on Sousa’s actual experiences. Today, we’ll look a little more at the geography of the book, and the central importance of the Anacostia River in its pages. Sandy Coggles’s Pipetown is pretty clearly not the actual Pipetown. […]