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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM256A_patriotism-and-espionage_Washington-DC.html
The Western High School building in Burleith, which now houses Duke Ellington High School of the Arts, was home to the school's cadets from 1897 to the 1970s. More than a high school military unit, the main object of the cadets was character build…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2569_the-origins-of-burleith_Washington-DC.html
You are standing in the midst of Burleith, a community of about 530 single family houses bounded by Reservoir Road to the south, Whitehaven Parkway to the north, and 35th and 39th Streets to the east and west respectively. The majority of the hous…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2568_houses-with-a-prospect_Washington-DC.html
The early mansions of wealthy ship owners, merchants and land speculators in this part of Georgetown were built high above the Potomac River with fine views, or prospects, of the harbor filled with ships and the wilds of Virginia on the other side…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2566_halcyon-house_Washington-DC.html
Built in 1786 by Benjamin Stoddert, First Secretary of the Navy, who played a prominent role in having the capital situated here. Halcyon House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a landmark which contributes to the cultu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2564_georgetowns-first-market_Washington-DC.html
The citizens of Georgetown were already raising money for good causes two centuries ago. In 1796 the Mayor of Georgetown, Daniel Reintzel, was authorized to demolish a frame market house that stood on this site and erect a new brick market buildin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2563_how-high-is-the-river_Washington-DC.html
The structure to the right contains a streamgage that records water levels (stage) in the Potomac River. Water levels at this site are measured by sensing the air pressure required to force air bubbles into the river. The water in the river at thi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2562_mule-power_Washington-DC.html
Mules were the "engines" for the canal boats. Normally, a boat captain had four mules. Two worked while two rested in their stall in the front of the boat. Captains usually cared for their mules as if they were part of the family. In the canal's p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2561_the-history-of-canal-square_Washington-DC.html
Canal Square has seen more than century and a half of change in Georgetown. It is a typical brick and fieldstone industrial structure built to facilitate barge traffic on the Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Canal. Necessary for westward expansion, canal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2560_introduction-to-burleith_Washington-DC.html
As you read this plaque, you are standing at the dot · on the map facing one of the five fire call boxes in the Burleith neighborhood. A star indicates each of the other four. Each call box has a plaque focusing on an aspect of Bur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM255Z_volunteerism-and-valor_Washington-DC.html
Front Before there was a DC Fire Department, companies from two then-separate towns — Georgetown and Washington — provided local fire protection. In 1789, Georgetown citizens purchased a hand-pumped engine and fire buckets with funds …
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