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The Oldest Houses That Remain

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on December 2, 2016October 15, 2022

A look at the houses built before Brookland was first subdivided in 1887 that still stand.

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The Bodies in the Intersection

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on April 13, 2016October 15, 2022

One of the original landowners of Washington DC was buried here in the early days of the city. The grave led to a feud between Colonel Brooks and a well-known politician.

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Brookland in Art

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on September 7, 2015October 15, 2022

A looks at the artist Edward Hewitt Nye, who lived on Taylor Street.

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Brookland’s “Sundowners”

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on February 6, 2015October 15, 2022

A 1908 cartoon in the Evening Star focuses on some of the luminaries of Brookland.

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Some Old Time Football

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on December 2, 2014October 15, 2022

Football was big at the Catholic University of America back in the 1930s, with some well-known names attached to the program.

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The Irony Behind the Statue of Freedom

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on July 26, 2014October 15, 2022

Sculptor Clark Mills opened a foundry nearby back in the 1840s. He produced many great statues with the help of an enslaved artisan named Philip Reid, including the statue of Freedom atop the Capitol building.

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The Opening of the Michigan Avenue Viaduct

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on July 13, 2014October 15, 2022

The Michigan Avenue Bridge, also known as the Charles Drew Bridge, was built in 1937. It was called the Michigan Avenue Viaduct then and its opening celebration was marred by a major storm.

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The Great 1906 Train Wreck

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on July 1, 2014October 15, 2022

The worst rail disaster in Washington history occurred just north of Brookland in 1906.

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The Demolition of the Taylor Street Bridge

Creating McMillan Park

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

The Journey of Jehiel Brooks, Pt. 2

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