Thanks to Anne McDonough, HSW’s Director of Library Collections (and photographer) for these pics! We had a great time looking at CPHS’s archives, Kathy Wood’s photo collection, Baist real estate atlases, city directories, property records of Uriah Forrest, and more.
Help Restore Cleveland Park’s Call Boxes!
The Cleveland Park Historic District is home to fifteen city police and fire call boxes that were transformed into neighborhood public art in 2009 in a CPHS project. The call boxes feature original artwork from local artists and text interpreting our neighborhood’s history and… read more
Scenes from the 2016 Gingerbread Party
Read the Latest Issue of Our Newsletter
The Summer 2016 issue of Voices is being delivered this week to our members. Download the issue at this link and read about the destruction and rebuilding of 3515 Woodley Road, last spring’s Art Deco tour, “Rural Remnants of Washington… read more
Annual Meeting Report: New Board Members and Why Old Places Matter
At the 2016 CPHS Annual Meeting, the members elected six new board members and reelected three. The board members elected are Stefan Hurray, Nicholas A. Netchvolodoff, and Abigail Porter (for second three-year terms) and Mary Jane Glass, Christine Hobbs, Thomas Hester, Shaun Shelby Jones, Shannon Penberthy, and Frank Swain… read more