Preservation Initiatives Grant Workshops

Church of the Holy City, Past Grant Awardee The Preservation Initiatives (PI) Grant Program provides matching grants to individuals and non-profit organizations for preservation planning, research, outreach/education, and bricks and mortar projects related to historic and cultural sites. These grants are intended to help stimulate public discussion, introduce the public to preservation concepts and techniques, make ... Read more

Frederick Douglass National Historic Site Tour

Frederick Douglass National Historic Site 1411 W Street SE, Washington DC

This February, DCPL invites its members on a tour of the Frederick Douglass House, a National Historic Site located in Southeast DC. The tour will be led by the National Park Service. Attendees will be able to enter the home to see it's interior, which has been carefully restored to its 1895 appearance. Attendees will ... Read more

Mid-century Modern Residences in Washington, DC: One-offs and the Making of Community (Webinar)

Zoom

Join the DC Preservation League and architectural historian Kim Prothro Williams for this engaging webinar that will introduce you to a recent architectural survey undertaken by HPO to identify single-family dwellings designed in a mid-Century Modern aesthetic. The webinar will highlight a number of custom “one-off” houses designed by well-known architects with both local and ... Read more

The Last Supper Sculpture: History & Viewing

Studio Acting Conservatory 3423 Holmead Place NW, Washington DC

Image of the bas relief sculpted by Akili Ron Anderson. Photo courtesy of Joe Graf. During a building renovation in 2019, a 20-foot-wide bas relief of Akili Ron Anderson's reinterpretation of Leonardo Da Vinci's The Last Supper was discovered. Upon its discovery, the Studio Acting Conservatory (the new owner of the space) made efforts to ... Read more