Brian Kraft created the Washington DC Oral History Map through a grant from the DC Oral History Collaborative.

A new feature of the DC Historic Preservation Office’s HistoryQuest DC building permit GIS mapping tool is a Time Slider that graphically displays the physical built development in the District of Columbia.

Brian Kraft presented “Mapping Early Washington”, on June 28, 2018.

By Beth Purcell  

Photographs of Capitol Hill houses from the past may be available from several sources. This article focuses on photographs of existing buildings.

PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTIONS

It’s a big universe. You may want to start by searching these collections online, and then visit the libraries and consult librarians for additional help. The box shows contact information for Library of Congress (LOC), Washingtoniana, and Historical Society of Washington, DC (HSW).

ONLINE SEARCHES:

You can get quick results in your house history search from HPO’s HistoryQuest website, including who designed and built your house and when.  www.planning.dc.gov/node/1203082.  Select “square” from the dropdown menu and type in your square, e.g., “0788.”  (It may load slowly.)  If you are unsure of your square number, you can find it in www.taxpayerservicecenter.com.

The DC Historic Preservation Office has prepared a study of alley buildings: stables, carriage houses, garages, and workshops. The DC Historic Alley Buildings Survery (2014)

The D.C. Historic Preservation Office hosts  HistoryQuest DC, a GIS-based web map that provides historical data on approximately 127,000 extant buildings in Washington, D.C. The historic data is easily retrievable and can be queried and mapped, providing a new tool for illustrating the city’s building history and patterns of urban development.

New York Times reports on Capitol Hill in 11/20/2016 real estate section