On August 23, 2014, more than 120 members of the public participated in the 2014 DC Community Heritage Project, a collaborative event arranged by the Humanities Council of Washington, D.C., and staffed by community experts, the folks from the D.C. Public Library’s Special Collections, and the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. The event’s goal? To introduce home owners, renters, long-time Washingtonians and new transplants alike to the myriad resources researchers can tap into in order to discover the stories of the District’s buildings.

Credit: Anne McDonough, © Historical Society of Washington, D.C., DCHistory.org