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A Short History of Brookland

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on March 29, 2022April 1, 2022

A short, photo-rich history of the Brookland neighborhood in Washington DC.

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  • HISTORIC PLACES

“Man-Punishing” Fire at the Brookland Bowling Alley

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on November 22, 2021November 24, 2021

Brookland once had a bowling alley with 28 lanes. The Brookland Recreation Center may not have survived, but at least the Art Deco building did.

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  • LOCAL LORE

Bringing Water to Brookland

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on December 2, 2020October 15, 2022

The story of the Washington Aqueduct that brought water into the city, and the ill-fated Lydecker tunnel.

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  • LOCAL LORE

The Enslaved Families Who Worked This Land

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on February 12, 2020October 14, 2022

Slavery was legal in Washington DC until 1862, when Abraham Lincoln signed the Compensated Emancipation Act. Through it, we can learn a great deal about those people held in bondage in what would become Brookland.

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  • LOCAL LORE

A River Used to Run Through It

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on October 8, 2018October 15, 2022

Many streams and brooks once ran through Brookland. They were piped underground as the neighborhood grew. Maps show where they once ran.

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  • LOCAL LORE

Catholic University, Brookland, and the Riots of 1968

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on March 29, 2018October 15, 2022

A personal account of the tension and anguish in Washington DC in the days after Martin Luther King’s assassination.

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  • LOCAL LORE

“Gypsies” in Edgewood

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on November 28, 2017October 15, 2022

In the 1890s, many nomadic groups would camp in and around Washington DC. There was a large colony in Edgewood, next door to Brookland.

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  • LOCAL LORE

Two Stories About Colonel Brooks – True or False?

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on November 20, 2017October 15, 2022

Colonel Jehiel Brooks had numerous famous acquaintances, including President John Tyler. He was also an ardent horticulturalist, and was quite attached to one particular tree.

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  • LOCAL LORE

Bill Jones, the Avenger

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on June 9, 2017October 15, 2022

The story of Bill Jones, “The Avenger,” who took a shot at the man who killed President Garfield.

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  • LOCAL LORE

The Fascinating History of Edgewood

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on March 6, 2017November 19, 2022

It was once called “Metropolis View,” but was renamed Edgewood by the Chief Justice of the United States and his beautiful daughter. A story of wealth and scandal.

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Creating McMillan Park

The Mysterious Rammed Earth House

The Journey of Jehiel Brooks, Pt. 2

Lucy Diggs Slowe and Mary Burrill and the fight to stay in their Brookland home

Building the Filter

The Brookland Childhood of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Bill Jones, the Avenger

The Fascinating History of Edgewood

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