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08/20/2022

Boat rescue day

08/23/2021

Always nice to have a shout out from the Washington Post - stemming from an interesting house history we did near Logan Circle. https://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/this-1880s-dc-rowhouse-went-from-private-home-to-social-club-to-frat-house-to-condos/2021/08/19/d26df398-fdf2-11eb-85f2-b871803f65e4_story.html

HOUSE OF THE WEEK | The Logan Circle property gets a fresh start as a pair of two-level, four-bedroom condos

12/05/2020

From tiny barber shop to shoe shop to $1 million dollar house: 605 Constitution Avenue, NE. https://househistoryman.blogspot.com/2020/12/from-barber-shop-to-shoe-shop-to-1.html

11/28/2020

Continuing our quest to find tiny houses - this one on 12th Street NE comes in at 252 square feet! https://househistoryman.blogspot.com/2020/11/another-tiny-house-on-capitol-hill.html

06/25/2020

Have we found the smallest house in Washington, DC? https://househistoryman.blogspot.com/2020/06/is-this-smallest-house-in-washington-dc.html

05/20/2020

In 1932, and Indian named Swift Eagle that lived at 1430 Swann Street outran a deer across the Taft Bridge. True story! http://househistoryman.blogspot.com/2012/02/1430-swann-street-nw-and-swift-eagle.html

05/09/2020

Did you know that Duke Ellington's career started with 5 cent concerts in the fantastic True Reformer building at 1200 U Street, NW? https://househistoryman.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-true-reformer-building-at-1200-u.html

05/08/2020

Did you know Washington, DC had its very own Jack the Slasher between 1893 and 1894?

The winter months from 1893 to 1894 were full of terror for all Washington residents. Why, you ask? Because the Washington ...

05/06/2020

Want to search your neighborhood to see if we have one of our hundreds of historic blog entries is located nearby? Now you can, with our updated Blog Entry map! https://househistoryman.blogspot.com/2020/05/updated-blog-entry-map.html

05/01/2020

Interesting 1865 Civil War military 'pass' signed by Capt Richard E. Welch at Battery Kemble in the The Palisades, Washington, D.C.

Battery Kemble was a fortification in Northwest Washington, DC. It was completed in the Autumn of 1861, as part of the Fort Circle around the city. An interesting military 'pass' signed by Capt. Richard E. Walsh on January 23, 1865 allowing Soldier Eli Fernald to go from Battery Kemble to downtown W...

05/01/2020

Have we completed a house history near you? It's likely! Check out our researched map!

House and Building History in Washington DC: Researched by Kelsey and Associates. More being added every day. Email us for an inquiry.

04/30/2020

The Mo-So-Lit Club in Washington, DC at 1327 R Street, NW

https://househistoryman.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-african-american-mo-so-lit-club-in.html

04/29/2020

Boys will be Boys: The Fight between a local photographer and the famed Mathew Brady
https://househistoryman.blogspot.com/2020/04/hidden-history-famous-photographer-who.html

04/28/2020

Bored and wondering where lots of famous people once lived in Washington, DC? Check out our contributions to Big Wig Digs here! https://bigwigdigs.com/about/

About Bigwig Digs Bigwig Digs is brought to you by the real estate news website UrbanTurf. While tracking the DC real estate market since 2008, the UrbanTurf editorial staff has accumulated a list of addresses where notable people have lived throughout the Washington area. Such information always ma...

04/17/2020

The 200-foot-tall clock tower of Healy Hall is shown here during a 1983 restoration. The tower contains three cast-iron bells installed in 1888. The largest bell is named for the Virgin Mary, Seat of Wisdom. The other two bells are named for patron saints of youth, St. Aloysius Gonzaga, SJ, and St. John Berchmans, SJ. The bells toll on the quarter hour and hourly, and play the “Angelus” at noon and 6:00 p.m. (Image courtesy of the Georgetown University Booth Family Center for Special Collections)



This is one of 200 images and captions about Georgetown University's first 200 years from the book, “Georgetown University,” by Paul O'Neill (C'86) and Bennie Smith (C'86).

04/15/2020

Interesting story about those buried at Congressional Cemetery

Introduction Our blog posts over the last several weeks have focused on African-Americans interred at Congressional Cemetery. As promised, this week’s blog entry focuses on The Pearl. While relatives of Ann and Lucy Bell are directly involved in the events pertaining to the Pearl, those relatives ...

04/01/2020

Heavy Drinking in the 1930s at the Washington Canoe Club

https://househistoryman.blogspot.com/2020/04/drinking-away-in-1930s-at-washington.html

01/18/2020

Who has completed 1,500 individual house histories in Washington, DC? WE Have! See if there is one near you!

It always takes awhile to update, but here is the updated map of our 1,500 "house histories" completed to date! Explore and find some his...