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Author: Robert Malesky

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The Mysterious Rammed Earth House

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on July 17, 2017January 6, 2021

I drive south on 13th Street often, so regularly pass through the intersection of 13th…

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  • LOCAL LORE

Bill Jones, the Avenger

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on June 9, 2017August 27, 2021

National Hero or Neighborhood Eccentric? November 19, 1881, 3pm: The most hated man in America sat uncomfortably in…

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  • LOCAL LORE

The Fascinating History of Edgewood

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on March 6, 2017August 28, 2021

It Was Once Called Metropolis View That chunk of land to the west of Colonel…

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  • BLACK AND WHITE IN BROOKLAND

This is What a Racial Housing Covenant Looks Like

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on January 4, 2017January 13, 2021

When I was researching my last post on the oldest remaining pre-subdivision homes in the…

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  • LOCAL LORE

The Oldest Houses That Remain

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on December 2, 2016January 13, 2021

There’s a great new resource for people interested in house history in Washington. It’s an…

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  • ON THIS SPOT

Before the Arboretum

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on September 23, 2016September 9, 2021

Brickmakers, Bottlers, and the Occasional Haunted House If you live anywhere in Ward 5, you…

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  • ON THIS SPOT

How the Monroe Street Bridge Changed the Face of Brookland

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on August 14, 2016January 12, 2021

The Monroe Street bridge is about to undergo a complete and long-needed rehabilitation. The original…

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  • LOCAL LORE

The Bodies in the Intersection

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on April 13, 2016November 29, 2021

1887: Col. Jehiel Brooks had died the previous year and his 200+ acres of land…

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  • ON THIS SPOT

Cemeteries in the City

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on April 4, 2016January 17, 2021

When I first moved to Brookland I quickly noticed how many cemeteries there seemed to…

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  • PORTRAITS

Brookland’s Property Brothers

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on December 8, 2015January 9, 2021

Brookland had a number of different development partners in its formative years: Benjamin Leighton and…

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