[Lincolnparkdc] Lincoln Park oral history transcript

Hilary Benson hilarywinklerbenson at gmail.com
Thu Jan 9 22:26:31 EST 2025


You're welcome!

Here is a survey of North Carolina Avenue
<https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/pnp/habshaer/dc/dc0800/dc0814/data/dc0814data.pdf>
that mentions the racetrack, though not what was raced on it.

On Thu, Jan 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM Sarah Von Der Lippe <scvdl at aol.com> wrote:

> Thank you, Hilary!
>
> On Thursday, January 9, 2025 at 10:21:00 PM EST, Hilary Benson <
> hilarywinklerbenson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Sarah - it looks like Baist's Real Estate Atlas was published in 1903.
>
> On Thu, Jan 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM Sarah Von Der Lippe <scvdl at aol.com> wrote:
>
> I tried to zoom in but couldn't find a date on the map, do you know what
> year it's from, Mark?
>
> Sarah von der Lippe
>
> On Thursday, January 9, 2025 at 09:59:28 PM EST, Ken Jarboe <
> kpjarboe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Interesting that this map has the Lincoln statue further to the west than
> where it is now. Does anyone know if it was moved?
> Ken
>
> On Jan 9, 2025, at 9:09 PM, Mark Jordan <mark at markjordan.me> wrote:
>
> 
> <1000023793.jpg>
>
>
> Here's a good hyper local historical man for reference. Actually very
> interesting....a race track bounded by A NE and North Carolina?
>
> Mark Jordan
> 202.525.6732
>
> On Thu, Jan 9, 2025, 8:38 PM Eli Rosenfeld <rosenfeld.eli at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> I think the old map I saw showed just the East Cap portion around Lincoln
> Park as A St.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 9, 2025, at 8:10 PM, Diana Quinn <diana at muddypaws.com> wrote:
>
> 
> This is correct. East Capitol  was always East Capitol St (SE and NE)
>
> On Thu, Jan 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM John Hirschmann <hirschj154 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Independence Ave used to be B Street SE and Constitution Ave used to be B
> Street NE but East Capitol Street was never A Street SE nor A Street NE
>
> John
>
> John F Hirschmann
> hirschj154 at gmail.com
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Jan 9, 2025, at 18:32, Eli Rosenfeld <rosenfeld.eli at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Diana,
>
> East Capitol St used to be A St (and Independence was B St) so if you do
> internet or archive searches, that may help.
>
> -Eli
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 9, 2025, at 5:40 PM, Diana Quinn <diana at muddypaws.com> wrote:
>
> 
> I wonder if anyone knows anything about my house, at 1203 East Capitol
> St., SE
> I found a few stories about some people who lived there, but not very much.
> DQ
>
> On Thu, Jan 9, 2025 at 9:09 AM Peter Barclay <barclaypj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Hilary,
>
> Thank you for sharing.  This interview was conducted by Hazel Kreinheder,
> who is also a long-time resident of the Hill and KY Ave.  If you have been
> to a KY Ave Block party, you have probably met her.  They bought their
> house in 1963, which, I believe, makes her the longest-living resident of
> Kentucky Ave., if not more than most folks on the hill.
>
> She shared her oral history of living on the hill, using the same outline
> from the “74 interview, back in 2015.  You can read her story here -
> https://www.capitolhillhistory.org/interviews/hazel-kreinheder.  It is
> quite interesting.  Hazel talks about the fires on H street during the
> riots, bootlegging, the creation of the Historical District (she was
> instrumental in establishing it), her involvement with the Capitol Hill
> Village, when the metro arrived. etc.  Lots of very interesting
> information.
>
> There’s so much great information on this website. I am looking forward to
> reading the stories of the Canales (of Easter Market fame)
>
> Thanks and enjoy.
>
> Peter
> KY Ave.
>
>
>
> On Jan 8, 2025, at 09:57, Hilary Benson <hilarywinklerbenson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I ran across this oral history from 1974.  It mentions many neighborhood
> addresses which may be of interest to people on this listserv.
>
> Cheers,
> Hilary
>
> https://www.capitolhillhistory.org/interviews/w-milton-sladen
> transcript -
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EmcIDrEvORtZpB3ZWlnB7wzaXAT2GOm8/view
>
>
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