Wikipedia Cleveland Park Edit-a-thon November 10th
Join the Cleveland Park Historical Society and the Wikimedia Foundation
for a Cleveland Park-area Edit-a-thon!
With the help of experienced Wikipedians, attendees will learn to edit Wikipedia and improve articles on historic sites, people, and institutions in and around Cleveland Park.
WHERE: The new Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Avenue, NW
WHEN: Saturday, November 10th, 11am – 2 pm
This event is free and open to the public but registration is required. No editing experience is necessary, but YOU MUST BRING YOUR OWN LAPTOP.
The Wikimedia Foundation will provide lunch. When you register, please indicate whether you need a vegetarian lunch.
WE NEED YOUR HELP IDENTIFYING ARTICLES TO EDIT!
If you would like to suggest a Wikipedia article that we should work on editing at the Edit-a-thon, please email Carin Ruff at staff@clevelandparkhistoricalsociety.org. CPHS and the Wikimedia Foundation will be compiling a list of pages to edit and reputable sources to cite in advance of the event, so it helps to have your page suggestions as soon as possible.
Statement on Eaton School Modernization
The Cleveland Park Historical Society, through its Preservation Task Force and the Architectural Review Committee (ARC), is actively monitoring and participating in discussions on the Eaton School expansion. The ARC and Board of Directors will review the proposal when it is more fully developed. Preserving the traditional historic aspects of the Eaton structure must be a core principle of any expansion. As the project progresses, CPHS will stay engaged in the process and discussions to ensure that city and school officials respect the preservation dynamics while accommodating careful growth consistent with scale and historic context.
NEW BOARD MEMBERS
Congratulations to Leila Afzal, John Chelen, Mike Goldstein, Raina Regan, and Julia Rogers, who were elected to new three-year terms on the CPHS Board of Directors at our annual meeting on June 13th. Read their biographies and see the complete listing of board members at this page.
VIDEOS ABOUT CLEVELAND PARK’S HISTORY
Students from American University’s Public History Program have been working this semester on videos on the history of Cleveland Park. Please enjoy the fruits of their work!
Cleveland Park: No Two Houses the Same
on the Cleveland Park Company and the early history of Cleveland Park’s development
The Faulkner Family of Architects
about Waldron, Winthrop, and Avery Faulkner and their relationship to the Coonley family of Rosedale
Created by Colleen Cheslak, David Kramer, Ashley Latta, and Kevin Lukacs as a project for the American University Program in Public History, under the direction of CPHS member and AU professor Malgorzata Rymsza-Pawlowska.
ACCESSIBILITY & HISTORIC PRESERVATION: USEFUL LINKS
Steve Callcott of the DC Preservation Office gave a talk for CPHS and the Cleveland & Woodley Park Village in April on accessibility and historic preservation. We will have a more detailed writeup of his talk in the spring issue of our newsletter Voices, coming in May, but meanwhile we wanted to share his slides and some of the resources he mentioned.
Steve’s Powerpoint presentation (in PDF form)
Department of the Interior Preservation Brief: Making Historic Buildings Accessible
Contact HPO for advice about your project: email Steve Callcott, Deputy Preservation Officer, or Michael Robb, reviewer for the Cleveland Park Historic District.
Rural Remnants of Washington County: Download the Report
We had a fascinating talk on February 9th by Kim Williams of the DC Historic Preservation Office on her research on houses and outbuildings that remain from before the "suburban" development of Washington's outer neighborhoods. If you missed the talk, or if you'd like to … [Read More...]
What is the Period of Significance and what does it mean for Cleveland Park?
In the Cleveland Park Historic District, buildings built between 1880 and 1941 have the full protection of the District of Columbia’s historic preservation ordinance, the Historic Landmark and Historic District Protection Act (1978). Those built in 1942 or after do not. Thus … [Read More...]
Where Was Grover Cleveland’s House?
Here at CPHS, we've received quite a flurry of queries from neighbors recently about where Grover Cleveland's house was. We're not sure what prompted the sudden interest,* but it seemed like a good topic for a blog post. … [Read More...]
