The Potomac has always been not only the chief glory and crowning natural beauty of Washington, but the broad highway of a wondrous stretch of water connecting the city with the sea. - Frederick Tilp, "This Was Potomac River." A wharf bustled with activity when a boat arrived. Children raced ...

Preservation Month is coming up in May. One of the lesser-known and long-forgotten acts of preservation in the Washington region is the crucial role St. Alban’s Church played in the late 1890s. A developer wanted to build a private home where the National Cathedral stands today. The Natio...

Here’s a really tough question. Where in the District of Columbia is there a glebe land? What a minute. Glebe land in the District? That can’t be. Glebe lands were owned by parishes in colonial times. By the 1810s, they were sold off. Well, Virginia, there is a glebe land in DC, somet...

Here’s a really tough question. Where in the District of Columbia is there a glebe land? What a minute. Glebe land in the District? That can’t be. Glebe lands were owned by parishes in colonial times. By the 1810s, they were sold off. Well, Virginia, there is a glebe land in DC, somet...

The other day the better half and I were driving along Route One south of Alexandria. Passing by Fort Belvoir, we noticed a brown-colored roadside sign that said, “Historic Route One.” I was pleased to see the sign and its northbound counterpart. They are an indication of the way the county an...