The Educational Value of Sleeping in Slave Dwellings (Webinar)
For the past 12 years, Joe McGill has slept in former slave dwellings in 26 states and the District of Columbia. He has done so to bring much needed attention to these often neglected dwellings and the enslaved people who lived in them. Join the DC Preservation League for a webinar titled: The Educational Value of Sleeping ... Read more
Celebrating M Street High School’s Legacy
Perry School Community Services Center 128 M Street NW #100, Washington, DCM Street High School was one of the first high schools for Black students in the nation that was constructed with public funds. M Street produced national leaders and sent an unusually large number of its graduates to the nation’s leading colleges and universities despite the Black population's restricted access to equal education opportunities. The ... Read more
The HABS Collection as a Resource for DC’s Vanished Buildings
Ruppert House, courtesy of HABS. Established in 1933 as a work relief program for unemployed architects during the Great Depression, the Historic American Buildings Survey is the federal government’s oldest historic preservation program. Documentation produced by HABS, consisting of architectural measured drawings, photographs, and historical reports, is housed at the Prints and Photographs Division ... Read more
Community Photo Meet-Up
Army Medical Museum, demolished 1969. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. Join some of DCPL's staff members for a Community Photo Meet-Up, beginning at the Hirshhorn Museum on Independence Avenue & 7th Street NW. This event will begin at 2:00 PM EST and will cover a span of 1.5 to 2 miles (walking). Individuals will ... Read more
