The Politics of Brutalism in DC

Could architecture be having an influence on White House actions?

Apr 19 • 

Stephen Hansen

The Washingtonians on the RMS Titanic

Five boarded the ship for its maiden voyage; only two survived.

Apr 6 • 

Stephen Hansen

2

March 2025

The Knickerbocker Theater: From Upscale Cinema to Psychedelic Dance Hall

Updated and Expanded: March 25, 2025

Mar 25 • 

Stephen Hansen

1

The History of Washington's "Six Buildings"

Once Home to the Navy and State Departments, as well as the Circle Theatre

Mar 21 • 

Stephen Hansen

2

A Tarnished Saber: General Azor Nickerson’s Four Marriages

A Man on the Run from Pinkerton's National Detective Agency

Mar 15 • 

Stephen Hansen

The Wadsworths Move to Washington. Their Gilded Age Mansion Now the Sulgrave Club

In the 1890s, millionaire gentleman farmer Herbert Wadsworth and his wife Martha Blow Wadsworth were enjoying country living on their estate “Ashantee…

Mar 14 • 

Stephen Hansen

2

Charles “Crazy Horse” Van Wyck

Eccentric Politician and War Hero

Mar 14 • 

Stephen Hansen

1

February 2025

The Seven Buildings: Some of Washington DC’s Earliest Townhouses

Now Just an Historic Billboard

Feb 28 • 

Stephen Hansen

3

Julia Grant Returns to Washington

Former First Lady Tires of New York City

Feb 26 • 

Stephen Hansen

Levi and Mary Leiter: Quintessential Parvenus and Buccaneers

The current site of the large International-style hotel at 1500 New Hampshire Avenue was once home to one of the largest and grandest mansions in…

Feb 5 • 

Stephen Hansen

January 2025

William Hemsley Emory Jr.

The Rescuer of the Greely Expedition

Jan 28 • 

Stephen Hansen

Hamilton Stuyvesant Fish III

Captain of the Harlem Hellfighters

Jan 24 • 

Stephen Hansen