Author: Katja Sipple, MA, MIS

National Archives Research Center

"National Archives and Records Administration building from the North (from the Navy Memorial), with view of…

(866) 272-6272
700 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest

Metropolitan Hook and Ladder Company Fire Engine House

" Clust's first completed building was the Metropolitan Hook and Ladder Company's fire engine house.…

438 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest

Mercantile Savings Bank

"The building housing the former Mercantile Savings Bank at 10th Street and G Place, N.W. was designed by the…

G Pl NW & 10th St NWWashington

Hecht Company Department Store & Warehouse

The Hecht Company's main department store downtown was located here at the southeast corner of 7th and F…

515 7th Street Northwest

Heurich House Museum

"The Heurich House Museum preserves the legacy of historic brewer Christian Heurich and enriches the creative…

(202) 429-1894
1307 New Hampshire Avenue Northwest

The Heyday of Four-and-a-Half Street Marker

Marker reads in part, "Around 1900 this street was the dividing line between a mostly African American…

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401-455 I Street Southwest

Hollerith House

"Herman Hollerith was born on February 29, 1860, in Buffalo, New York, and died on November 17, 1929, in…

1617 29th Street Northwest

Hollerith's Tabulating Machine Company

"In 1892 Hermann Hollerith moved his fledgling tabulating machine business from downtown Washington, D.C., to…

1054 31st Street Northwest

Jacques Jouvenal's Marble Works

"Jacques Jouvenal emigrated to the United States in June 1853 and moved from New York to Washington in 1855,…

941 D Street Northwest

John L. Vogt Store

"John L. Vogt was born and grew up in Brettenfeld, Württemberg, Germany (about 50 miles / 80 km east of…

426 7th Street Northwest