Saturday, May 9th between 4 and 8 p.m.
Sunday, May 10th between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Tickets are $30 on Tour days.
On Saturday from 4 - 7 and on Sunday from 11 to 4 tickets may be purchased with cash or check in front of Hill's Kitchen on D Street on the south side of the Eastern Market Metro Plaza.
The Capitol Hill Restoration Society (CHRS) will host its 52nd Annual House and Garden Tour on May 9th and 10th, 2009. Highlighting the Barrack’s Row neighborhood, the Tour is planned to include homes and gardens south of Pennsylvania Avenue between 1st and 15th Streets, SE. The event will include a candle light tour of homes from 4pm-8pm on Saturday, May 9th and will continue from 11am-5pm on Mother’s Day, Sunday May 10th. An extra hour has been added to the Saturday night tour in order to allow plenty of time for participants to appreciate The Home of the Commandants’ at Marine Barracks Washington, which will be open to Tour goers on Saturday only. The stately Commandant’s house, completed in 1806, is the oldest continuously occupied public building in Washington, D.C. Its location (at present-day 801 G St., SE) was chosen personally by President Jefferson and Lieutenant Colonel William Ward Burrows, the second Commandant of the United States Marine Corps.CHRS is the oldest and largest civic organization on Capitol Hill. Founded in 1955, this volunteer driven group is dedicated to preserving the historic residential character of the nation’s Capitol. 52 years ago, CHRS started the house and garden tour tradition to highlight Capitol Hill landmarks and to raise funds to support projects to preserve the neighborhood’s historic character and to enhance its livability through efforts in planning, zoning, traffic management, and public safety.
Learn more about the tour and the organization at www.chrs.org.
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