Historic Takoma Inc. Presents

The 35th Annual Takoma Park House and Garden Tour

This year's House and Garden Tour features houses, gardens and public buildings in the Takoma DC neighborhood. Takoma Park was founded as one of the first commuter suburbs in the DC area, connected to the downtown area originally by train and later by trolley. The tour is self-guided, rain or shine.

May 4, 2008
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Advance Ticket Sales: $15 (Ticket Locations); Day of Tour $20
Tour begins at the DC Public Library
416 Cedar Street, NW
For more information contact Historic Takoma Inc. at www.historictakoma.org or 301.270.2831.

The Capitol Hill Restoration Society Presents

Beyond the Boundaries
51st Annual Capitol Hill House & Garden Tour (and pub crawl)

Each year since 1958, CHRS has organized a tour of homes, gardens and other structures on Capitol Hill. This annual event, held every Mother's Day weekend, showcases approximately ten renovated buildings in the 200-year-old community. Community grants are awarded from a portion of the proceeds.

CHRS is very proud of the Beyond the Boundaries survey and education project recently undertaken by volunteers and associates. The primary activity of Beyond the Boundaries is a survey of the historic resources in the neighborhoods, which provides information on when buildings were built, who designed them, and how they were constructed.

House Tour:
May 10, 2008 - 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm (candlelight tours)
May 11, 2008 - 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Advance Tickets: $25 (Ticket Locations)
For More Information go to www.chrs.org

Interested in volunteering for the house tour? Contact Beth Purcell.

Testimony before City Council

On April 18th, DCPL's President John Bellingham joined Nancy Metzger, coordinator of the Historic Districts Coalition and Sally Berk, Committee of 100 on the Federal City to testify on the FY2009 Budget for the Office of Planning before Chairman Vincent Gray and the Committee of the Whole. Click here to read DCPL's testimony.

DCPL submits Landmark Nominations

John F. Slater and John Mercer Langston Schools
43 and 45 P Street NW

The Slater School (1891) is a turreted red brick, eight classroom, two-story school, designed by the official architect of the Office of the Building Inspector. The Langston School (1902) is a brick Italianate two-story, eight classroom school designed by architect Appleton Clark.

The Strand Theatre
5129-5131 Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue NE
(Co-Sponsored by ANC 7C)

The Strand Theatre is a brick two-story storefront and theatre erected in 1928 and designed by architect Abe E. Lichtman.  Significant for the role it played in the historically African-American community of Deanwood.

George M. Barker Company Warehouse
1525 7th Street NW
(Co-Sponsored by Bread for the City)

The Barker Warehouse is a two-story brick warehouse that was designed by A.M. Poynton and constructed in 1906 as a lumber, coal and wood distribution facility. For many years it was the largest building on the block. Its symmetrical façade with its arched main entrance is topped by an unusual stepped and paneled parapet. Occupied by George M. Barker Company for much of the twentieth century, it more recently has been the home of Bread for the City.