By Bonnie Berkowitz and Denise Lu,
Washington’s historic houses tell very different stories than its many monuments and public buildings. After all, these were — and some still are — homes, where the city’s real people lived. Recently, more effort has been put into including incorporating houses, and stories, of early and influential African-Americans. Here are the 163 District houses in the Inventory of Historic Sites, with a fact or two about each. Much of this information comes from the D.C. Historic Preservation Office.
1900 and later
SOURCES: Library of Congress; National Park Service; Historic American Buildings Survey; National Register of Historic Places; Historic Preservation Review Board; U.S. Senate; George Washington University; Howard University; Gallaudet University; White House Historical Association; "Old Washington, D.C., in Early Photographs, 1846-1932" by Robert Carroll Reed; Dumbartonhouse.org; PBS.org; Sidwell Friends School; The Textile Museum; Tregaron Conservancy; Embassy of Indonesia; The Maret School; Egyptian embassy; Russian embassy; Junior League of Washington; Meridian.org; Morrison Clark; Cosmos Club; Woodrow Wilson House; The Whittemore House; Palisades Citizens Association; Society of Architectural Historians; The American Red Cross Magazine; "The Majesty of Capitol Hill" by Thomas B. Grooms.
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