ANC 1-C: Tour of the historic Holt House

<body> <p><center><i><a href="http://www.anc1c.org">Return to the ANC 1-C home page.</a>    <i><a href="http://www.anc1c.org/indexes.html">Vuelva a la página principal de la ANC 1C.</a></i></i></center> <h2><i><i>Tour of the historic Holt House</i></i></h2> <i><i>Photos taken for the Adams Morgan Advisory Neighborhood Commission, ANC 1C</i></i><p> <i><i>Select a view from the list below. No frames? Use your browser's "Back" button to return to this list. </i></i><p> <p><i><i>In a walking tour on May 17, 2000, local activists and a National Zoo spokesperson explained to community members the efforts to preserve the historic Holt House on the Zoo grounds near Walter Pierce Park and the Adams Mill Road entrance to the Zoo. For more information about this effort visit the Holt House websites of <a href="http://www.innercity.org/holt" target="top">the Holt House Preservation Task Force</a> and <a href="http://www.si.edu/oahp/holthous/start.htm" target="top">the Smithsonian Institution</a>, or contact the tour leader Wanda Bubriski <a href="mailto:wbubriski@yahoo.com">wbubriski@yahoo.com</a> or 202-232-6113, Chair of the task force, or Barbara Bates, <a href="mailto:bbates9@juno.com">bbates9@juno.com</a> or 202-244-2090, Vice Chair. </i></i><ol> <li><i><i><a href="Photos/Mvc-859s.jpg">Holt House preservation activist Eddie Becker addresses the tour group at the Zoo entrance.</a> </i></i><li><i><i><a href="Photos/Mvc-860s.jpg">The old Adams Mill Road, now the Zoo's "Blue Route," winds downhill toward Rock Creek.</a> </i></i><li><i><i><a href="Photos/Mvc-861s.jpg">The road to the Holt House</a> </i></i><li><i><i><a href="Photos/Mvc-862s.jpg">A large group of neighbors turned out for the tour.</a> </i></i><li><i><i><a href="Photos/Mvc-863s.jpg">Our first view of the east side of the house.</a> </i></i><li><i><i><a href="Photos/Mvc-864s.jpg">East side.</a> </i></i><li><i><i><a href="Photos/Mvc-865s.jpg">From the northeast.</a> </i></i><li><i><i><a href="Photos/Mvc-866s.jpg">North side, center wing.</a> </i></i><li><i><i><a href="Photos/Mvc-871s.jpg">Peak of center wing.</a> </i></i><li><i><i><a href="Photos/Mvc-872s.jpg">Detail of center wing</a> </i></i><li><i><i><a href="Photos/Mvc-867s.jpg">North side, west wing.</a> </i></i><li><i><i><a href="Photos/Mvc-868s.jpg">From the northwest.</a> </i></i><li><i><i><a href="Photos/Mvc-877s.jpg">Another view of the west wing.</a> </i></i><li><i><i><a href="Photos/Mvc-870s.jpg">Detail of structural deterioration.</a> </i></i><li><i><i><a href="Photos/Mvc-869s.jpg">Barbara Bates addresses the group.</a> </i></i><li><i><i><a href="Photos/Mvc-874s.jpg">Wanda Bubriski shows artist's reconstruction of north façade.</a> </i></i><li><i><i><a href="Photos/Mvc-876s.jpg">Sarah Veerhoff retells her great-grandmother's stories of playing at the Holt House in the 1890s.</a> </i></i><li><i><i><a href="Photos/Mvc-877s.jpg">Another view of the west wing.</a> </i></i><li><i><i><a href="Photos/Mvc-878s.jpg">From the west.</a> </i></i><li><i><i><a href="Photos/Mvc-880s.jpg">The west wall.</a> </i></i><li><i><i><a href="Photos/Mvc-882s.jpg">Overgrowth and rubbish on the west slope.</a> </i></i><li><i><i><a href="Photos/Mvc-881s.jpg">Close-up.</a> </i></i><li><i><i><a href="Photos/Mvc-884s.jpg">From the southwest.</a> </i></i><li><i><i><a href="Photos/Mvc-886s.jpg">Detail of structural deterioration.</a> </i></i><li><i><i><a href="Photos/Mvc-887s.jpg">East wing from the south.</a> </i></i><li><i><i><a href="Photos/Mvc-888s.jpg">Center wing from the southeast.</a> </i></i><li><i><i><a href="Photos/Mvc-889s.jpg">The group views the south side of Holt House.</a> </i></i><li><i><i><a href="Photos/Mvc-891s.jpg">From the southeast.</a> </i></i><li><i><i><a href="Photos/Mvc-890s.jpg">Stately oak tree estimated at 200 years old.</a> </i></i></ol> <p><center><i><i><i><a href="http://www.anc1c.org">Return to the ANC 1C home page.</a>    <i><a href="http://www.anc1c.org/indexes.html">Vuelva a la página principal de la ANC 1C.</a></i></i></i></i></center>  <p align="right"><i><i><i><i><font size="-1"><i>Updated November 26, 2003. Contact: <a href="mailto:billfalls@verizon.net">billfalls@verizon.net</a></i></font>  </i></i></i></i></body>