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Historic Chevy Chase DC

HCCDC is celebrating more than 32 years as a nonprofit historical society conducting research and documenting the history, design architecture, landscape, streetscape and development of Chevy Chase DC, a lovely circa-1907 community in Northwest Washington DC.

We have captured more than 32 oral histories of our residents, conducted a rigorous research study of the community’s desire for a Historic District, organize history-related talks and events and conduct a popular Historic Walking Tour every September, among many other activities. We welcome your involvement and interest!

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“Pushed Out” Webinar Recording Now Available

January 21, 2023

A recording of the Jan. 18 webinar entitled, “Pushed Out: A Story of Race Relations in Chevy Chase DC,” is now available. Listen to the virtual discussion featuring authors Barbara Boyle Torrey and Clara Myrick Green here. The hour-long talk, hosted by Historic Chevy Chase DC and moderated by local activist Corey Shaw Jr., focused …

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Update on Newlands Fountain Signage

November 30, 2022

The U.S. Senate in the 1930s authorized a memorial on Chevy Chase Circle. Money was raised for theinstallation of Francis G. Newlands Memorial Fountain. Newlands’ white supremacist views led toproposals and local debate about renaming the fountain in 2014. Despite involvement by local membersof Congress, no action has been taken as of December 2022. Meanwhile, …

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Call Box Refurbishment Project

November 30, 2022

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WETA Visits Chevy Chase DC

June 13, 2022

Chevy Chase DC was featured in the March 21, 2022, episode of WETA’s “If You Lived Here,” a show about available homes for sale and the communities that surround them. See this 3.5-minute segment of that episode that focused on Lafayette-Pointer Park and how the community has worked toward reckoning with its history of racial …

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NEW! Read about the latest intrigues of Chevy Chase DC’s past in Cate Toups Atkinson’s most recent blog post. Reach her at cate.atkinson@gmail.com

5535 Chevy Chase Parkway NW

Hollywood Moderne: A House that Lived Up to Its Name

The house at the corner of Chevy Chase Parkway and McKinley Street has long been a curiosity for its unusual architecture. But few today recall that it actually produced a Hollywood star.

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Our Projects

HCCDC’s initiative to recognize the history of Black landowners forced out in 1928 to create Lafayette Park includes a plan to rename the park to Lafayette-Pointer Park. The letter above was written in 1829 by George Pointer, a slave who bought his own freedom at age 17 and whose descendants settled on Broad Branch.

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House Histories

Carl and Pam Lankowski in front of McKinley Street NW House Chevy Chase DC

HCCDC’s online archives hold a growing collection of social and architectural histories of Chevy Chase DC houses, including Pam and Carl Lankowski’s 1919 kit house on McKinley Street.

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Historic House Plaques

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Oral History Interviews

Judith Adams

Judith Clark Adams

Judith Clark AdamsRead More

Allen Beach

Allen Beach

Allen BeachRead More

Ralph Benson

Ralph Benson

Ralph BensonRead More

Dallas Dean

Dallas Dean

Dallas DeanRead More

L. Bernice Degler

L. Bernice DeglerRead More

Barara Dresner

Barbara Dresner

Barbara DresnerRead More

Sarah (Sally) Epstein

Sarah (Sally) Epstein

Sarah (Sally) EpsteinRead More

Brock Evans and Linda Garcia

Brock Evans and Linda Garcia

Brock Evans and Linda GarciaRead More

Allie Felder

Allie Felder

Allie FelderRead More

James Fisher and Tanya Hardy

James Fisher and Tanya Hardy

James Fisher and Tanya HardyRead More

Jeffrey Gildenhorn

Jeffrey Gildenhorn

Jeffrey GildenhornRead More

Miss Ella Given

Miss Ella GivenRead More

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