Past Issues

The DC Preservation League (DCPL) is committed to the struggle for racial justice. We believe that historic preservation must be a prominent voice in celebrating the contributions and achievements of African Americans and play a vital role in achieving reconciliation through an honest and unsparing reckoning with the past. We also believe that a full,

Address 201 East Capitol Street, S.E. The Folger Shakespeare Library is a monumental block-long structure clad in white Georgia marble that rises on the south side of East Capitol Street, between 2nd and 3rd Streets SE, in close proximity to the equally monumental buildings of the Library of Congress, the Supreme Court, and the U.S.

  Address: 3600 Harewood Road, NE Current Status: Designated – May 24, 2018 Date Nominated: September 2017 UPDATE, JUNE 2020: The building owners have pulled permits for roof and electrical work. The DC Historic Preservation Office expects a submission of plans for a rehabilitation of the building. Built circa 1857 as the gatehouse to William

Address 1145 17th Street NW The National Geographic Society headquarters, located at 1145 Seventeenth Street Northwest in Washington, DC, is a ten-story, mid-century modern office building and exhibition space that was designed by architect Edward Durell Stone, and built between 1961 and 1963. Constructed of reinforced concrete, with an exterior of white marble, black granite,