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Chevy Chase Playground and Field House: Despite the playground's equipment and paving having been replaced, the property remains one of the earliest extant city playgrounds and park buildings in DC, considered in its time a model for other Depression-era parks.
In 1921, a United Citizens Playground Committee completed a study and recommended that the District Commissioners adopt a system of equitable distribution of playgrounds around the city, urging the…
Chevy Chase Savings Bank: This community savings bank, an Italian Renaissance Revival style building, served clients in the Chevy Chase neighborhood.
As more people moved to DC in the early 20th century, newly-established neighborhoods, like Chevy Chase, drew local businesses, including banks to deposit and withdraw money, to support the…
Chevy Chase Theater (Avalon Theater): The Chevy Chase Theater is the city's oldest continuously operating neighborhood theater, a rare local example of an early neighborhood movie house.
Built in 1922 by noted local architects Upman and Adams, the Chevy Chase Theater reflects a "high-style" example of a neighborhood movie house. The main auditorium features a stage, organ screens, and…
Chilchester Arms Apartments (Vizcaya Apartments): This 1936 apartment building was constructed to suit DC’s growing population in the interwar years.
Vizcaya Apartments, formerly known as the Chilchester Arms, is a conventional low-rise apartment building, built in 1936. Designed with Moderne stylistic elements, such as geometric brick and stone…
Children’s Country Home: Founded in 1883 as the Children's Country Home, this site served as a charitable convalescent care institution.
The Hospital for Sick Children is located at 1731 Bunker Hill Road, N.E. in the Brookland neighborhood in Washington, D.C. The hospital building sits on an approximately four-acre pentagonal tract of…
Christ Church: Founded in 1817, Christ Church is Georgetown's second Protestant Episcopal congregation.
Christ Church was founded in 1817 when a group of prominent Georgetown citizens met to organize a new congregation for an additional Protestant Episcopal Church. Up until that time, St. John's Church…
Christ Church Rectory: A long-standing remnant dating back to early 19th century Georgetown.
Built in 1810, this rectory was constructed for use by the second Protestant Episcopal congregation of Georgetown. Founded in 1817, Christ Church was started by a group of prominent Georgetown…
Christ Church, Washington Parish (Christ Church Navy Yard): Incorporated in 1794, Christ Church was the City's first Episcopal parish.
The first section of Christ Church was built in 1806-1807. Designed by architect Robert Alexander (but attributed to Benjamin Latrobe), the structure features a battlement facade, possibly copied from…
Christian Hauge House (Embassy of the Republic of Cameroon): The embassy, housed in a former residence, stands as one of the many distinguished buildings found along Massachusetts Avenue.
Found at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and 24th Street NW, the Christian Hauge House’s intricate architecture is exemplary of the neighborhood’s elegant aesthetic. Designed by George Oakley…
Christian Heurich House (and Interiors): Often called the "Brewmaster's Castle," this grand Gilded Age mansion stands as a testament to German immigrant Christian Heurich's entrepreneurial success in DC.
Built between 1892 and 1894 for successful German-American brewer Christian Heurich (1842-1945), the Heurich House is the city’s finest and best-preserved example of Richardsonian Romanesque…