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...

Snows Court, November, 1935 (National Archives) – showing passageway to I St, (with Washington Gas Light gas holder tanks looming in the...

Red Lion Row (2014) https://library.whitehousehistory.org Foggy Bottom residents now shop for food at Whole Foods or Trader Joes, but...

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

The George Washington University and Foggy Bottom The George Washington University first arrived in the Foggy Bottom/Old West End in 1912...

Prior to the Civil War, Foggy Bottom, like much of what is now Washington DC, was sparsely occupied. The area was originally peopled by...

Foggy Bottom is a charming and wonderful community in which to live, but its ever present history makes it unique, even in Washington....