CHRS Preservation Cafe: Streetcars on Capitol Hill

Capitol Hill Restoration Society

The presentation will discuss the role streetcars played on Capitol Hill from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century.

Join the Capitol Hill Restoration Society and Eric Madison, executive director of the National Capital Trolley Museum, who will discuss the role streetcars played on Capitol Hill from the mid-19th century to their eventual decline in the mid-20th century. Madison will use a combination of historical photographs, maps and firsthand accounts. He will take you through the streets of Capitol Hill as they were – bustling with the iconic streetcars that connected our neighborhood to the rest of the city. The streetcar system influenced the urban landscape, the daily lives of residents and the evolution of transportation in D.C. The Trolley Museum, located in Montgomery County, MD, preserves and interprets the history of Washington’s electric street railways. Its collections include 17 streetcars. Its website is <a href="https://www.dctrolley.org/" title="https://www.dctrolley.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.dctrolley.org/</a> We hope to see you online! CHRS Preservation Cafés are free to members and non-members. Follow us on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/capitolhillrestorationdc/" title="https://www.instagram.com/capitolhillrestorationdc/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a> and on our website, <a href="https://chrs.org/" title="https://chrs.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Capitol Hill Restoration Society</a>, for details about our organization and other events in the community.

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