Join the DC Preservation League in-person at the MLK Jr. Memorial Library to learn how to research the history of your DC house and neighborhood using primary sources from The People's Archive. The People's Archive is the DC Public Library's local history research center that is full of unique documents relevant to scholars, genealogists, and ... Read more

Windows are a key part of the character of a historic building, but for a surprising number of buildings the original windows have already given way to replacements.  If historic windows survive, what are the issues we face in trying to keep them, and how should we evaluate a needed replacement?  Reasonable cost, operability, durability ... Read more

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

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

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

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