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CHRS Annual House and Garden Tour
Saturday, May 11 4-7 pm and Sunday May 12, 2013 12-5 pm
2013 House Tour Poster

CHRS is pleased to present the 56th Annual House & Garden Tour on Mothers' Day weekend.  United by the theme, "In the shadow of the Capitol: Old traditions, new beginnings," this year’s tour showcases more than a dozen traditional and contemporary properties and artfully landscaped gardens in one of the oldest parts of Capitol Hill. 

This 1.2-mile walkable tour between First, Third, C and South Carolina, SE, includes modern renovations as well as traditional homes, from a one-bedroom alley dwelling to a three-story B&B.  Each has a different perspective on interior design and a story to tell about traditions and new starts.  The Capitol Hill House and Garden Tour is the longest continuously running house tour in the city, and supports the many civic and historic preservation projects of the Capitol Hill Restoration Society.  

Sponsors:  CHRS gratefully acknowledges the sponsors who make the tour possible: 

           Gold Sponsor:      National Capital Bank
          
Silver Sponsor:    Riverby Books
          
Bronze Sponsor:  Schneiders of Capitol Hill
                                           The Smith Team
When: Saturday May 11, 4-7 pm
            Sunday May 12, 12-5 pm

Tickets:  $25 in advance / $30 the weekend of the tour.  Your ticket is good for both days.

   

Local Ticket Outlets from April 15:

   Appalachian Spring             Union Station                         682-0505
   Riverby Books                        417 East Capitol St. SE            543-4342
   Coldwell Banker                  605 Pennsylvania Ave., SE    546-6321
   Groovy dc                             323 7th Street, SE                  544-6633
   Hill's Kitchen                        713 D Street, SE                     543-1997
   Homebody                            715 8th Street, SE                  544-8445
   Prudential Pen Fed Realty  216 7th Street, SE                  608-1880
   Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital                                                                                                          921 Pennsylvania Ave., SE      543-3893
    American Legion Post        224 D Street SE

Eastern Market Ticket Booth: 
     April 19-20, April 26-27, May 4-5 & May 11-12
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History of the House Tour

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 usually awarded from a portion of the proceeds.

A list of previous House Tour houses by location is here.  The list is divided between NE and SE, then alphabetically by street.  A list by year is located here.

Former tour brochures have been scanned for your reference:

 
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House and Garden Tour Community Grants Awards

Since 2000, CHRS has donated 20 percent of net House Tour proceeds each year to worthwhile projects of Capitol Hill organizations. The CHRS Board has established criteria for grant awards and a committee reviews annual grant applications. Grant applications are due around Labor Day each year; awards are usually made in October.

Community Grants Awards (also known as the Beall Bequest Grants in honor of former CHRS President and community activist Austin Beall) of varying sizes have been made every year since the Board first approved the concept in February, 2000. Grants have been awarded for these projects, among many others:

[NOTE:  the grant progrm has been tempoarily suspended because the funds are being utilized to support the "Beyond the Boundaries" program which is developing data about structures adjacent to but outside the boundaries of the Capitol Hill Historic District.]

Art on Call: Call Box Revitalization Project

Introduction

Years ago, back at the turn of the 20th century, before telephones and cell phones were ubiquitous, there were ornamental iron boxes on poles at many street corners throughout the city. They were not only attractive, but they served a civic purpose as well. Residents could turn in a fire alarm or the police in the precinct house could check on the progress of an officer on patrol. Then came the 1970s when the police had other means of checking back to the precinct house and the number of false fire alarms rocketed causing problems for the fire department. The 911 emergency system was instituted and the police and fire call boxes were inactivated.

Just before the turn of the 21st century, several Hill residents and others from across the city began wondering how these relics from another time could once again grace their communities. The Art on Call project, under the direction of Cultural Tourism DC through an agreement with the DC Department of Transportation, is the answer.

Neighborhood organizations across the Hill – Capitol Hill Restoration Society, Barracks Row Main Street, H Street Main Street, Hill East, North Lincoln Park, Stanton Park – have joined together to work on this project. This web page can tell you how to get involved in the project – or what will be happening on a corner near you.


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