<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Foggy Bottom]]></title><description><![CDATA[Foggy Bottom]]></description><link>https://www.foggybottomassociation.org/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:15:13 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.foggybottomassociation.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Funkstown – Big Changes at the Kennedy Center, the Saudi Embassy, and Watergate]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Frank Leone The southwest corner of Foggy Bottom is occupied by the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, the Watergate complex, and the Saudi Arabian Embassy. Each of these buildings may be undergoing changes soon. The Kennedy Center (2700 F St.) is scheduled to close for a two-year “renovation.”  The Saudi Arabian Embassy, once the Peoples Life Insurance building (601 New Hampshire Ave.), intends to renovate its façade to incorporate Saudi architectural principles. And...]]></description><link>https://www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/funkstown-big-changes-at-the-kennedy-center-the-saudi-embassy-and-watergate</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a1dd64743a3e299a4b47733</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:03:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f6d907_932c22734b274ebfb4e84b090ec2c04f~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_640,h_438,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Denise Vogt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Funkstown – An Update on Foggy Bottom’s Native Americans]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Frank Leone Before there was a Funkstown (1768), before the farms and plantations that preceded it, the area that is now Foggy Bottom and the District of Columbia was populated by Native Americans.  We discussed the Anacostan and related tribes in a post a few years back: Funkstown – DC’s Native Americans in Foggy Bottom.  That post included information Dr. Armand Lione shared in his blog and website that features an interactive map showing locations around DC where artifacts have been...]]></description><link>https://www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/funkstown-an-update-on-foggy-bottom-s-native-americans</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0e48f3b2731dece751609c</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 23:54:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f6d907_09c2f8baadcb41cf974be0fcefa0dcf5~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Denise Vogt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Funkstown - Visiting Foggy Bottom’s DAR Memorial Continental Hall]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Frank Leone  In 1902, the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), a patriotic organization composed of female decedents of those who served in the American revolutionary war, were seeking a home. After considerable research, they purchased undeveloped marshy Foggy Bottom Square 173 – bounded by 17th and 18th, C and D streets. Their first building was Memorial Continental Hall on 17th Street. Built in 1904-10, it serves as both the DAR headquarters and a Revolutionary War memorial. It...]]></description><link>https://www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/funkstown-visiting-foggy-bottom-s-dar-memorial-continental-hall</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f8bef15caf4ed272ba782b</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 15:53:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f6d907_e7867996f3f24a85b9bcabfdbf0b2329~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Denise Vogt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FBWE Village Opens New Member Lounge at St. Paul’s Parish]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Foggy Bottom West End Village is a nonprofit membership organization that provides services for its members to help them comfortably age in their community by supplying social events (including tours and lectures), health support, and many other offerings. The Village’s work goes beyond just neighbors helping neighbors, as members get to know one another and enhance and enrich each other’s lives. The Village office recently relocated to a new space at St. Paul’s Parish. Thanks to the work...]]></description><link>https://www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/fbwe-village-opens-new-member-lounge-at-st-paul-s-parish</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f12eb77475e016cb95192f</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63a82_ea3dd11c4d984eccba63578deda9523b~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_619,h_480,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Foggy Bottom Association</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Free -- Join us at the DC History Conference – May 1-2, 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[At the Martin Luther King Public Library (901 G St. NW). The DC History Conference has been going for over 50 years! Register now for the FREE interdisciplinary, community conference with presentations about the past, present, and future of D.C. The Conference welcomes students, community members, educators, artists, storytellers, and cultural heritage workers.   Stop by to say hello to Denise Vogt and Frank Leone, co-chairs of the FBA History Project, who will join other historic...]]></description><link>https://www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/free-join-us-at-the-dc-history-conference-may-1-2-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f12f32e1a06255b504fe31</guid><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63a82_ab9ec1b659414741aac6e564cbf82868~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_640,h_424,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Foggy Bottom Association</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Funkstown – St. Paul’s Parish in Foggy Bottom]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Frank Leone St. Paul's Parish Episcopal Church (2430 K St.) has a long history, with its original church built on Washington Circle in 1868. The current church was built in 1947-48, when the George Washington University prevailed upon the U.S. government to demolish the church’s original building to build the (since relocated) GWU Hospital.   St. Paul’s gothic style church on K Street. (F. Leone Dec. 2025) St. Paul’s Parish was founded in 1866 and built its first church in 1868 at...]]></description><link>https://www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/funkstown-st-paul-s-parish-in-foggy-bottom</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f12f067475e016cb9519b6</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63a82_a45b2a332c284a4bb2989c25c3e650cd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Foggy Bottom Association</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Funkstown – The History Project Presents]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Frank Leone &#38; Denise Vogt To celebrate its fifth anniversary, the Foggy Bottom Association History Project made a presentation to the FBA’s March Community Meeting at the West End Library.  Co-Chairs Denise Vogt and Frank Leone briefly discussed Foggy Bottom’s History, the History Project’s activities, and some stories from the Historic District.  (You can see the presentation HERE.)  FBA President John George then shared the history of his residence at 915 26th St. and former owners,...]]></description><link>https://www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/funkstown-the-history-project-presents</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f12e4724f9d3e5cd715933</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63a82_690da4ef90b34c1f85e0f01eb0be31de~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_740,h_558,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Foggy Bottom Association</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Funkstown – A New Deal with Interior Art]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Frank Leone The massive Udall Department of the Interior building (1849 C St. NW) was the first of the New Deal generation of federal buildings. The Interior headquarters features more New Deal era artworks than any other Federal building – they can be viewed by calling to reserve a free tour (Tuesday and Thursdays at 2 pm). The Department of the Interior at night - The building covers 5.5 acres spanning two city blocks (bordered by 18th and 19th Streets, C to E Streets NW), and is eight...]]></description><link>https://www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/funkstown-a-new-deal-with-interior-art</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f12ddf24f9d3e5cd715866</guid><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 22:00:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63a82_1ab02644cc57431e88a050efb2635c42~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Foggy Bottom Association</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Funkstown: Pushkin in Foggy Bottom]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Frank Leone George Washington University’s northeast corner of 22 nd  and H Streets has a plaque recognizing the site as the former home of Underground Railroad conductor and abolitionist Rev. Leonard Grimes . The corner also features a bronze statue of Aleksandr Pushkin, the founder of modern Russian literature. The two have more in common than you might think. Pushkin’s great grandfather was an African who arrived in St. Petersburg as an enslaved boy and became the godson of Emperor...]]></description><link>https://www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/funkstown-pushkin-in-foggy-bottom</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b01ccc19955bcf35dd4ddc</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 23:28:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63a82_949c21ce55424c89938b6bcfd0bd5b93~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_418,h_640,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Foggy Bottom Association</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Funkstown: African American Women in the Historic District]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Denise Vogt and Frank Leone One benefit of immersing oneself in the neighborhood’s history is rediscovering the stories of its residents. For many families, it was the Black women who held this community and their families together. Meet Angeline James  (1877-1979). She resided at 2507 I Street and lived to be over 100 years old. She was born in Halifax, Va. and her parents were freed slaves. She was married and widowed twice and had a good friend named Kathleen. She took special care to...]]></description><link>https://www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/funkstown-african-american-women-in-the-historic-district</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b01ccc19955bcf35dd4dee</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 23:42:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63a82_e91eff806f7a4f879e911e636259f970~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_853,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Foggy Bottom Association</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Funkstown: Dr. John R. Francis and his Foggy Bottom Sanitorium]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Frank Leone   Washington D.C. appropriately named its first purpose built Junior High School for African American students after John R. Francis (now Francis Education Center ). He was a notable African American doctor, civic leader, educator who was familiar with the Foggy Bottom neighborhood, having operated a private sanitorium at 2112 Pennsylvania Avenue. Known as “Washington’s leading colored physician,” Francis practiced medicine in D.C. for 35 years and his sanitorium was the first...]]></description><link>https://www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/funkstown-dr-john-r-francis-and-his-foggy-bottom-sanitorium</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b01ccc19955bcf35dd4e01</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 22:15:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63a82_7624c9dc13ef4937b14e7b59050ef493~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_702,h_541,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Foggy Bottom Association</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Funkstown: Renovated Francis School - Now a Historic Landmark]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Frank Leone   Francis School (2426 N St. NW) was built in 1927 with additions in 1929,1953 and 2024, but its historic core retains sufficient integrity to convey its architectural and historical significance. The D.C. Historic Preservation Office granted it historic landmark  status on December 18, 2025 with a period of significance of 1927-1953. Formerly Francis Junior High School, the building is important as the first Junior High purpose-built for African American students. It was...]]></description><link>https://www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/funkstown-renovated-francis-school-now-a-historic-landmark</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b01ccc19955bcf35dd4e35</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 17:10:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63a82_c337dc2dd0cb413285b332e74b857c02~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Foggy Bottom Association</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudging to See Babe Ruth – Meet the People at an I Street House]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Denise Vogt and Frank Leone   If the walls could talk, imagine the history we could share. Let’s start with what we have discovered. For example, in 1922, 2400 I Street resident Alan Phillips, age 20, was one of three enterprising FBWE boys who attempted to hike to New York City to see Babe Ruth in the World Series. They were arrested in Baltimore as runaways, but were released and told to return to Washington, so they did (see articles below). This is just one of the stories our summer...]]></description><link>https://www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/trudging-to-see-babe-ruth-meet-the-people-at-an-i-street-house</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b01ccc19955bcf35dd4e18</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 23:17:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63a82_6922141cfd89433ca5643bc1e02eb16b~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Foggy Bottom Association</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Funkstown - Five Years of the FBA History Project – A Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Denise Vogt &#38; Frank Leone, Co-Chairs It’s hard to believe, but the Foggy Bottom Association History Project  has completed five years of researching and sharing Foggy Bottom neighborhood history. In 2025, we retained and supervised two student interns  from George Washington University to provide content for the House History pages , updated the Historic District Study Area House Map Project , continued our regular posts on the Funkstown  history blog (which now has 150 entries), posted on...]]></description><link>https://www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/funkstown-five-years-of-the-fba-history-project-a-report</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b01ccc19955bcf35dd4e0a</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 23:09:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63a82_1f04a2f1233d4f9d9d276d459cde10eb~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_616,h_486,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Foggy Bottom Association</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Explore Five Years of Funkstown!]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Frank Leone and Denise Vogt The Foggy Bottom Association History Project   Funkstown blog  is now five years old and contains 150 posts! The articles appear in the Foggy Bottom Association ’s Foggy Bottom News  every two weeks and are then posted at our Funkstown blog site , which you can explore using the search function or just scroll through. Here are some interesting stories covered in Funkstown. (Click the links to read the articles with photos.) ·        Native Americans  first lived...]]></description><link>https://www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/explore-five-years-of-funkstown</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b01ccc19955bcf35dd4db4</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2025 17:52:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63a82_5850c1d25bc54cbe9f84e6aa4cd94f31~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Foggy Bottom Association</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FBA Instagram Shows all Sides]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Denise Vogt Check the FBA Instagram daily as posts cover a variety of subjects .    The FBA’s Instagram ( @foggybottomdc ) account documents the Foggy Bottom and West End neighborhood events, the unusual and the interesting. If you are out and about in FBWE and take photos and short videos, we’d love to post them. Submit your images to denisev@foggybottomassociation.org .  The FBA IG account posts 2-3 times a week, has 973 followers with 23.1K views in the last 30 days. Help us reach 1,000...]]></description><link>https://www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/fba-instagram-shows-all-sides</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b01ccc19955bcf35dd4e34</guid><category><![CDATA[Neighborhood Events]]></category><category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2025 17:48:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63a82_de831cfdc9e4432a969f1f59bc1cf533~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Foggy Bottom Association</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foggy Bottom News Christmas Past]]></title><description><![CDATA[Did you know that you can view over 50 years of the Foggy Bottom Association’s Foggy Bottom News online ?  Here’s our Holiday issue from December 1972  featuring an article on St. Mary’s Episcopal Church  and a solicitation for the second FBA Art Show.]]></description><link>https://www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/foggy-bottom-news-christmas-past</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b01ccc19955bcf35dd4ded</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2025 17:39:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63a82_dcd09ae1749b4dfd86b7e7d35df4e037~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_873,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Foggy Bottom Association</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Funkstown – Yes, There is Art Deco in Foggy Bottom]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Frank Leone Foggy Bottom is known for its Victorian brick rowhouses, some with faux Federalist features. But Steve Knight, president of The Art Deco Society of Washington ,  recently led a tour highlighting Art Deco (and Art Deco-adjacent) buildings in Foggy Bottom. The tour started at the one of the D.C.’s most beautiful buildings, the National Academy of Sciences , whose “Alexandrian” design fused Greek, Byzantine, Egyptian, and Art Deco elements. Many of the buildings on the tour...]]></description><link>https://www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/funkstown-yes-there-is-art-deco-in-foggy-bottom</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b01ccc19955bcf35dd4e09</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 18:42:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63a82_cf4115c5ae5b487ab09bc430cf2e1cc5~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Foggy Bottom Association</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Funkstown – Foggy Bottom’s Own Fire Engine Company No. 23]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Frank Leone Foggy Bottom boasts the smallest firehouse in Washington, D.C. and it has had to fight to keep its treasured landmark. Engine Company No. 23 sits in the heart of George Washington University (2119 G Street). Built in 1910, the building is a modest, two-story red brick firehouse featuring an Arts and Crafts interpretation of the Italian Renaissance Revival style. It was intended to foster civic pride as well as protect the community. The firehouse is a contributing building to...]]></description><link>https://www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/funkstown-foggy-bottom-s-own-fire-engine-company-no-23</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b01ccc19955bcf35dd4e23</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 17:26:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63a82_77b90e79a4294c54994a2834f7b96711~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Foggy Bottom Association</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foggy Bottom News On-Line Update!]]></title><description><![CDATA[From 2004 through at least 2006, the Foggy Bottom Association’s Foggy Bottom News  was published in the now-defunct Georgetown Current . George Washington University’s Gelman Library Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) has generously digitized those two years and you can access them here , as well as the Foggy Bottom News  back to 1958 here . Even better, Dalton Alves of SCRC did some “web archaeology” and uncovered PDF editions of the Foggy Bottom News from 2008 to 2013! These will be...]]></description><link>https://www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/foggy-bottom-news-on-line-update</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b01ccc19955bcf35dd4df7</guid><category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 17:19:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b63a82_8d51e4d016874d638a385a26c1a90f77~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Foggy Bottom Association</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>