Tag: Anacostia

This photo is an aerial view of the Navy Yard just a couple of months before President Kennedy was assassinated. Source: National Museum of the...

Here's a short article that we came across in The Washington Post from March 14th, 1905. The residence of Harold Dougherty, and employe of the Congressional...

We posted a cool old rural map of Tenleytown a short while back. Here's a map from the same group, showing Anacostia back in...

Know any sober gardeners in the area? If so, in 1857, the could have earned $200 per year, with room and board. Good Hope...

Do you know where Butler Heights is (was)? There's a tiny Butler St. SE today, very close to Frederick Douglass' old home. This is...

This is a great image that we dug up in the Library of Congress archives. The photo is from around 1918. It's the old...

Well, this was a hopefully step to revitalize Anacostia, but the most recent owner made a couple bad decisions. Here is the building as it...

Here is a great series of photographs, showing Washington in the 1960s, as viewed from the east.

Take a look at how different Good Hope Road in Anacostia looked in 1916. And below is the Google Map of the same area, with...

Take a look at this Baist map of Anacostia in 1907.

Here is a terrific shot of homes being built in Anacostia. This was taken around 1919 and this row appears to be the 1900...

This is a guest post by John (from The Lion of Anacostia), cross-posted here. While trying to confirm President Hayes visited Douglass at Cedar Hill, I came across this...

This is a guest post by John (from The Lion of Anacostia), cross-posted here. I walk the streets, alleys, back-cuts, and lounge on the corners...

This is an advertisement for new development and real estate across the Eastern Branch, near Anacostia. Click on the ad for a closer look...