It Was Once Called Metropolis View That chunk of land to the west of Colonel…
Author: Robert Malesky
When I was researching my last post on the oldest remaining pre-subdivision homes in the…
There’s a great new resource for people interested in house history in Washington. It’s an…
Brickmakers, Bottlers, and the Occasional Haunted House If you live anywhere in Ward 5, you…
The Monroe Street bridge is about to undergo a complete and long-needed rehabilitation. The original…
1887: Col. Jehiel Brooks had died the previous year and his 200+ acres of land…
When I first moved to Brookland I quickly noticed how many cemeteries there seemed to…
Brookland had a number of different development partners in its formative years: Benjamin Leighton and…
While doing some online research a few years ago, I came across this painting. It was…
After eight decades at the corner of 12th and Monroe, Brookland Hardware closes its doors.…
