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By Frank Leone The John Lenthall Houses, built circa 1800, are likely the oldest houses in Foggy Bottom. They were built on 19th Street,...

A special guest column by Emma Wiley Funkstown is happy to present a guest post by Emma Wiley. Emma is a public historian with a special...

Thanks to a generous grant from the Foggy Bottom Association Defense and Improvement Corporation, the FBA is now sponsoring up to three...

At the Martin Luther King Public Library . The DC History Conference is now over 50 years old and better than ever! Register now for the...

By Frank Leone At the southern edge of Foggy Bottom (2101 Constitution Avenue) stands the semi-classical National Academy of Sciences (NAS) building. The site is best known for its oversized relaxed statue of Albert Einstein , but you can take a tour of the building and find other wonders, including its neo-byzantine decorated Great Hall and modern auditorium. We visited the building as part of a tour arranged by the Foggy Bottom West End Village last fall. [Note: The NAS is

Join the new Watergate Museum (est. 2024) for “The Stories behind the Watergate Complex - a conversation with Joseph Rodota and Scott...

You can read about notable Foggy Bottom women in some of our prior Funkstown posts – Foggy Bottom Notable Women - Architect Rodeck and...

By Frank Leone Last fall, the FBA History Project was honored to be included in a program on neighborhood history at the DACOR Bacon...

By Frank Leone One of our favorite activities at the FBA History Project is helping George Washington University students discover and...

By Frank Leone HistoryMakers Digital Archive is the nation's largest African American video oral history collection and is now available...

The DC Office of Planning recently launched a digital tour of Washington, DC Black History Sites . The tour includes nearly 300 places...

By Frank Leone Stevens School (1050 21st Street, N.W.), built in 1868, is one of the city's oldest schools. Named for Pennsylvania...

By Frank Leone The early 1870s were a booming time in Washington. The Civil War caused a significant increase in population and housing...

Too many historic district property owners carry out substantial alteration, demolition, or new construction in violation of their...

Foggy Bottom Association History Project Co-Chairs recently presented a webinar for the DC Preservation League’s neighborhood history...

By Denise Vogt & Frank Leone, Co-Chairs The FBA History Project begins its fifth year of researching and sharing Foggy Bottom...

Best wishes for a new year of rediscovering Foggy Bottom and our city's past. FBA History Project Co-Chairs, Denise Vogt and Frank Leone,...

By Frank Leone 200 years ago, America welcomed the Marquis de Lafayette, “the Lancelot of the revolutionary set,” for a triumphant return...

General Lafayette has his Square in front of the White House, and his mentor, General Washington, has his Circle in Foggy Bottom/West End...

On December 11, 2024, Foggy Bottom Association History Project Co-Chairs presented a webinar for the DC Preservation League’s...

By Denise Vogt Thanks to the GWU Library Special Collections, you can now easily browse the back issues of the Foggy Bottom News on-line...