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2011 ANNUAL MEETING FEATURES PROGRAM ON BRIDGES OF ROCK CREEK PARK

 On  HMP's 2011 Annual Meeting took place at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 3, 2012 in the upstairs Board Room of the Stoddard Baptist Home, 1818 Newton St.  About 30 members attended.  President Fay Armstrong presented highlights of fiscal year 2011, and provided copies of the 2011 Annual_Report and financial statements. She also presented 2011 design awards for the restoration of 1724 Park Road and the St. Denis apartment building at 1636 Kenyon Street.  Members present voted in the proposed slate of Board members for 2012.

The guest speaker was John DeFerrari, author of the popular blog "Streets of Washington" and the recently-published book, "Lost Washington."  Mr. DeFerrari (pictured at right)  presented an entertaining and informative history on the scenic bridges that used to exist in the area of Rock Creek Park closest to Mount Pleasant.  Illustrated with many postcard views from his personal collection, the presentation chronicled the gradual conversion of small recreational park roads into today's commuter route.

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http://www.dcpreservation.org/toursandevents5.html energy audits and     CHECK OUT THE HISTORY OF MOUNT PLEASANT'S COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR

In June 2010, HMP was awarded a $2,000 grant from the Humanities Council of Washington D.C. to develop a history of the Mount Pleasant Street commercial corridor.  HMP volunteers combed the National Archives and Records Administration, the Washingtoniana Collection of the D.C. Public Library, the D.C. Recorder of Deeds, the D.C. Surveyors Office, and the Historical Society of Washington D.C. for information on the land and buildings comprising Mount Pleasant Street, as well as the businesses that have operated here.

The fruits of that research are available in a summary brochure,  The_Architectural_Legacy_of_Mount_Pleasant_Street .  This document has been published and distributed to businesses currently located in the commercial corridor.  More detailed information is available here on the website.  Clicking on the links will bring up the indicated documents.

MP_Street_North_to_South   provides information, by street address, on building permits.  Included are the permit/construction date; type of building; the builder; the owner; and the architect.

     ROD_North_to_South  provides information about the “chain of title”—that is, records of the sale or transfer of each property over time. (While these records employ square and lot number to legally define each parcel, HMP has arranged them so that the progression follows Mt. Pleasant Street from north to south.)

MP_St_Businesses_1900_to_1919   provides information taken from Boyd’s City Directories about the businesses listed at each address each year.  (Information prior to 1914 is not complete because prior to that year there was no separate street listing in the Directories.)  Three additional files provide similar information for the indicated years:

MP_St_Businesses_1920_to_1929 

MP_St_Businesses_1930_to_1939 

MP_St_Businesses_1940_to_1954 

[Note:  in the latter four files, the notation "nc" (for "no change") is used to indicate that the entry is the same as that for the preceding year.]

CELEBRATE OUR BIRTHDAY!  

HMP was incorporated in April, 1985.  Initiated as part of the organizatioin's 25th anniversary celebration, a few articles highlighting HMP's own history are being added to the website.  The first, "How Did Historic Mount Pleasant Begin?" outlines the organization's origins and may be accessed by clicking on the following link:  Anniversary_Article_No._1R.pdfThe d.   

The second article, "Formation of the Historic District and HMP’s Efforts to  Encourage Appropriate Design" is available at the following link:  Anniversary_Article_No._22.pdf

http://www.historicmtp.citymax.com/f/Anniversary_Article_No._22.pdf  

http://www.historicmtp.citymax.com/f/Quarterly_Report_(September_2010).pdf  http://www.historicmtp.citymax.com/f/Anniversary_Article_No._22.pdf