Since its founding in January 2021, the Foggy Bottom Association’s History Project has made major progress: First, we’ve added our...

In 1996, archeological investigations conducted in connection with the renovation of the Whitehurst Freeway uncovered a remarkable burial...

The Foggy Bottom Association was delighted to have Tim Dennee of the DC Historic Preservation Office join our Tuesday, November 30th...

Have you noticed Staughton Hall? It’s that three story, human-scale, white brick building at 707 22nd St. – next door to the back of...

Since its founding as the Foggy Bottom Restoration Association in 1955, the FBA has fought to preserve the historic character of the...

Two of Foggy Bottom’s earliest and most haunted sites are found in the far south-east corner of the neighborhood. The Octagon (18th and...

Foggy Bottom is known for its historical industries, including breweries, lime kilns, and a glass factory. But from the 1850s to the...

After 136 years, the Columbia Hospital for Women closed its doors in 2002 and gave way to the Columbia Residences condominiums. But not...

Prior to the Civil War, the “Underground Railroad” helped tens of thousands of enslaved African Americans travel north to their freedom...

On Christmas Eve 1938, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt brought gifts and good wishes to “the poverty and gloom of Snows Court, a community...

Foggy Bottom residents now shop for food at Whole Foods or Trader Joes, but from 1803-1967, they would have shopped at Western Market. The...

During the 1950s and 1960s, the expansion of The George Washington University, the construction of highways (including an I-66...

The George Washington University first arrived in the Foggy Bottom/Old West End in 1912 and is here to stay. But it has had a peripatetic...