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Reply-To: "ebecker@cni.org" <ebecker@cni.org> To: "Eddie Becker (E-mail)" <ebecker@cni.org> Subject: History of Slavery Tour Dear Friends, Last History Walk of the Year. For those in or around Washington DC, you are very cordially invited to join a tour of the historic Holt House including a presentation on its legacy of Slavery. It was the history of this house, and surrounding sites that inspired the creation of the Chronology on the History of Slavery and Racism. http://innercity.org/holt/slavechron.html I hope to see you there. Just after the tour, there will be a special meeting between the Smithsonian's National Zoo and members of preservation group and the community regarding the preservation of Holt House which you are also invited to attend. Tour When: Wednesday, SEPTEMBER 20, 6:00 p.m Where: The Picnic tables in Walter Piece Park. The West end entrance to the Park is at the Adams Morgan side of the Duke Ellington Bridge. The entrance to the Park is behind the bus turn around just next to Mama Ayesha's restaurant at 1967 Calvert Street in Adams Morgan Rain or Shine Meeting on the Holt House Wednesday, September 20, from 7:30 to 9 p.m., Social Room of the Ontario Co-op Building located at 2853 Ontario Road, N.W. The entrance to the building is at the corner of Ontario Rd. and 18th St., N.W. approximately two blocks east on Ontario Rd. up from Adams Mill Rd. Hope to see all of you. Eddie Becker --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Neighborhood History in Adams Morgan ***HOLT HOUSE WALK*** LAST CHANCE this season to join Kalorama Citizens Association's (KCA) Holt House Preservation Task Force for a one-hour walk around this historic property located on the grounds of the National Zoo overlooking Walter Pierce Park. Learn about its links to 19th-century industry along Rock Creek and to the history of slavery in the nation's capital, as well as see the deteriorated condition of this early 1800s house. ***Wednesday, SEPTEMBER 20, 6:00 p.m.*** Free. Rain or Shine. Meet at west end of Walter Pierce Park, by picnic tables, off 1900 block of Calvert St., NW. Information: 202-232-6113 ******************************* Built in the early 1800s, Holt House is a rare example of the Classical Revival style in Washington and, since 1973, has been Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Under the stewardship of the National Zoo since 1890, and used as administrative offices until the 1970s, the house has been vacant and boarded up for the past dozen years. Its severely deteriorated condition has caused the D.C. Preservation League to place Holt House, for three years in a row, on its List of Ten Most Endangered Places of Washington. Kalorama Citizens Association (KCA) has formed the Holt House Preservation Task Force (HHPTF) to help save Holt House by raising public awareness through community outreach and by building an alliance of other community groups and city organizations that support the restoration of the property. The Task Force is committed to the creation of a Public-Private Partnership with the National Zoo to raise funds to restore and maintain Holt House for multiple uses serving the community and the National Zoo. Information: Wanda Bubriski, Chair, HHPTF, 232-6113, wbubriski@yahoo.com or, Barbara Bates, Vice-Chair, HHPTF, 244-2090, bbates9@juno.com The next Holt House Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, September 20, from 7:30 to 9 p.m., following the last Walk of the season from 6 to 7 p.m. Jim Graham has again graciously made arrangements for the meeting to take place in the Social Room of the Ontario Co-op Building located at 2853 Ontario Road, N.W. The entrance to the building is at the corner of Ontario Rd. and 18th St., N.W. approximately two blocks east on Ontario Rd. up from Adams Mill Rd. This is a continuation of the dialogue between the representatives of the National Zoo, members of preservation groups and the community regarding the preservation of Holt House and a follow-up to our meeting of July 19. Based on our discussions, a proposed agenda is as follows: o Introductions and Announcements o Report of the Technical Committee o Report of the Defined Use Committee o Next Steps Historic Structure Report Fundraising strategies Legislative language for FY2002 House Appropriations Other o Timetable If there are items you wish to add to the agenda, please forward them to us. The KCA Holt House Preservation Task Force is pleased to announce that the Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3C (Cathedral Hts./Cleveland Park/Mass. Ave. Hts./ McLean Gdns./Woodley Park) and ANC 3F (North Cleveland Park/Forest Hills) presented and passed unanimously resolutions on Holt House at their meetings on July 25 and August 21, respectively. We will bring copies to our next meeting. We look forward to seeing you at the walk and/or the meeting on September 20. Sincerely, Wanda Bubriski, Chair Barbara Bates, Vice Chair 232.6113 244.2090 wabubriski@erols.com bbates9@juno.com Holt House Preservation Task Force, the Kalorama Citizens Association
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