“Hidden Alleyways of Washington, DC” with Kim Protho Williams
Foggy Bottom House History Map
Frank Leone and Denise Vogt, founders and co-chairs of the Foggy Bottom Association History Project, have launched an innovative House History Map allowing visitors the chance to cull through sources such as historic maps, census reports, city directory data, and individual house histories for buildings located within the Foggy Bottom Historic District. Check out the map– created by Brian Kraft of Visualizing DC History and hosted on DC History Center’s website– and add your own stories, information, or photos to help build the neighborhood history:
Foggy Bottom House History map
View from DC’s Washington Monument, 1917
Facing the Ellipse along 17th Street, NW (starting at the intersection of Constitution Ave across from the baseball diamond) are the Organization of American States (1910, Albert Kelsey and Paul Philippe Cret), Daughters of the American Revolution Memorial Continental Hall (1905, Edward Pearce Casey), American Red Cross Headquarters (1917, Breck Trowbridge and Goodhue Livingston), and Corcoran Gallery of Art (1897, Ernest Flagg– now the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at George Washington University).
The newly completed “E” shaped Department of the Interior (1917, Charles Butler) filling an entire block between 18th and 19th Streets was the first federal building designed for a specific government department. Now the General Services Administration Headquarters, it is often considered the first modern government office building in the country.
Virginia Ave runs diagonally northwest from Constitution Ave towards Foggy Bottom.
1968 Postcard of the Pentagon
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“Mystery Solved! Why there were two AOIs and how they were connected through one common ancestor” with Sherri Sewall and Bill Brown
“The Importance of Arts Education” with Deb Gottesman, Co-Founder and Co-Directer of DC’s Theatre Lab
1908 “Bird’s Eye View of Washington” Postcard
Thousands Wait in Line for President Roosevelt’s New Year’s Day Public Reception at the White House, 1909
Queen City Memorial with Artist Nekisha Durrett
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