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A Closer Look: Washington's Notorious Rum Row, circa 1880

General Anson Mills And His Office Building on Pennsylvania Avenue

Ebenezer United Methodist Church, aka "Little Ebenezer," Turns 180

Douglas Row: the lost homes of politicians, generals, war wounded, and orphans

The Old French Embassy on 16th Street, a Gilded Age Gem

A Closer Look: F Street, heart of the old downtown, in the 19th century

The Washington Arsenal's Explosive History

Providence Hospital, Washington's Oldest, in Pictures

The Alexander Shepherd Mansion, Icon of Washington's Gilded Age

A closer look: The frigid second inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant

The Odd Fellows Hall, a social center on Seventh Street for 170 years