DC Preservation League Upcoming Tours
Howard Theater Tour: A Theater of the People
Saturday, December 3, 2011
602 T Street, NW
10:00AM - 12:00PM & 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Metro Station: Shaw
Join DCPL and the Whiting-Turner Contracting Company for a construction tour of one of Washington's most historic entertainment venues. Built in 1910, the Beaux-Arts Howard Theatre, designed by J. Edward Storck, showcased many of the early and mid-twentieth century's great black musical artists such as Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald. Vacant for nearly 30 years, it was listed as one of Washington's Most Endangered Places in 1999. Years of advocacy and fundraising by the Howard Theatre Restoration, Inc. will result in the building's return to use in early 2012.
Limited Space Available!
No Photography allowed on this tour.
$15 for DCPL Members
$25 for Non-Members
Click here to register.
10:00am-12:00pm SOLD OUT
Walking Tours of St. Elizabeths West Campus
Saturday, December 17, 2011
10:00-11:30AM
Metro: Congress Heights or Anacostia (Green Line)
DCPL and GSA hold monthly walking tours of St. Elizabeths West Campus that are free and open to the public. The campus, where construction began in 1852, is a National Historic Landmark.
Tours of the St. Elizabeths campus are being offered on a limited basis depending on the course of construction activity. Tours will include an historical overview of the site, access to the point, and exterior views of the Center Building and Borrows Cottage.
Reservations are required. No walk-ons permitted.
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