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CHRS News, newsletter for members

Published ten times a year, CHRS News keeps members up to date on issues affecting our community, coming Society and community events, and committee activites, along with special articles on the history of Capitol Hill.

2012 CHRS News Issues
The newsletter is published on paper, resides on the website in PDF format, and now there is also an HTML version which in some cases has longer versions of the articles and allows direct links to wesites cited in the articles.

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2013 CHRS News Issues

2012 CHRS News Issues
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2011 CHRS News Issues
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2008 CHRS News Issues
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2007 CHRS News Issues
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2006 CHRS News Issues
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ARCHIVES: 2005 and earlier issues of CHRS News

CHRS Historic District Guidelines

July 2008: CHRS Guidelines Enter Digital Age!

All of the CHRS Historic Guidelines are now available online (see link below) in addition to the traditional print format available through the CHRS Office and in the Capitol Hill libraries. This expanded availability should make it easier for members and others to have quick access to the information in this publication series.

The Guidelines were developed by the Society, starting in the early 1990’s, as an effort to explain important characteristics of the Capitol Hill Historic District, and to provide advice on maintenance and similar issues. Topics included: building styles, entrances, windows, paint color, cast iron, brick, public space, stained glass, and permits. The publication on re-pointing and paint removal will also be posted.

Guidelines are informative not only for building owners in the historic District, but also for owners of historic buildings throughout the city. This series has also been used by preservation organizations across the country. City agencies find the public space guideline very helpful in explaining the District’s unusual arrangement of publicly-owned, privately-maintained gardens between sidewalks and property lines (usually at the building façade).

DC Historic Preservation Office Handouts

The Historic Preservation Office has also developed a series of short handouts relating to repair and replacement of historic property elements. Clicking on a link below will open a PDF of the document in a new window.

In addition to these handouts, the HPO web site posts Historic Preservation Design Guidelines. These Guidelines provide useful guidance on many maintenance and repair problems encountered in historic buildings.

For more information go to the DC Historic Preservation Office web site.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Preservation Briefs include such subjects as repairing historic windows, historic masonry, and historic roofs. They are produced by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, and are available at the D.C. Historic Preservation Office, 614 H Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20001, or for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

A subscription to The Old House Journal is a worthwhile investment (The Old House Journal, P.O. Box 50214, Boulder, California, 80321-0214). It is also available at the District of Columbia Public Library, Martin Luther King Branch.

Also see the Capitol Hill Restoration Society Guidelines, available on a variety of topics.


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