FBA History Project associate, Bellini the Beagle, recently unearthed a delicate 3-inch tall glass (patent medicine?) bottle in the...

By Frank Leone One of Foggy Bottom’s earliest industries (1807-1846) was a glass-making factory located at 22nd Street and Water Street...

Saturday September 14 was a beautiful day for our 4th annual Foggy Bottom Historic District in-person walking tour. Registration for the...

By: Frank Leone Nestled between the Whitehurst Freeway and the Rock Creek Parkway are unusual stone and brick structures – these are the...

By Frank Leone and Denise Vogt Shortly after its founding in 1955, the Foggy Bottom Restoration Association  (now the Foggy Bottom...

By Frank Leone This Fall, the Foggy Bottom Association History Project  will offer an unprecedented number of live events. We’ll have...

By Frank Leone On June 9, 2024, Foggy Bottom’s St. Mary’s Episcopal Church (728 23rd St.) celebrated its 157th anniversary with D.C....

The Kennedy Center recently displayed banners with a land acknowledgement by Mahogany L. Browne, a Kennedy Center’s Next 50 fellow,...

By Frank Leone One of the West End’s most notable historic rowhouses recently underwent a renovation, which has resulted in 15 modern...

George Washington University President Ellen M. Granberg and Ms. Sonya Rankin invited FBA members and other neighbors to a reception at...

By Frank Leone The best-known lost brewery in D.C. was Foggy Bottom’s Christian Heurich Brewing Company, located at what is now the...

By Frank Leone The George Washington University Corcoran School of the Arts & Design students are displaying 80 thesis projects – photos,...

The West End Library will be presenting a House History Workshop this Thursday, May 2, 2024, at 6 pm - Foggy Bottom Association History...

By Frank Leone April 29, 2024 marks the 125 anniversary of the birth – in the West End – of legendary jazz pianist, composer, and...

By Frank Leone When Confederate General Jubal Early threatened to take Washington in July 1864, “invalid and convalescent” soldiers from...

This year was the 50th Anniversary of the DC History Conference, held April 4-6 at Martin Luther King Library. Denise Vogt and Frank...

First, a final reminder to join the FBA History Project at the free DC History Conference, April 4-6 at Martin Luther King Library. ...

By Frank Leone The Christian Heurich Brewing Company operated D.C.’s largest brewery near the site of what is now the Kennedy Center from...

By Frank Leone Foggy Bottom has been home to many notable women, including two important designers who lived in the neighborhood for...

Foggy Bottom was home to many Irish American immigrants in the period between the Civil War and the 1920s, as described in an earlier...