Heurich House Museum
@heurichhouse.bsky.social
Community-centered museum that explores the history of early-20th-century workers in Washington, DC, and supports those who live and work in the city today.
Give the gift of a year of community this holiday season! A Heurich House Museum gift membership won’t sit in the corner collecting dust. It’s perfect for...
November 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Give the gift of a year of community this holiday season! A Heurich House Museum gift membership won’t sit in the corner collecting dust. It’s perfect for...
🏠 1218 19th St NW: Christian & Mathilde Heurich’s first home together
Christian and Mathilde married in 1887 and lived in a house on 19th St NW, directly behind the original Chr. Heurich Brewing Co.
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Christian and Mathilde married in 1887 and lived in a house on 19th St NW, directly behind the original Chr. Heurich Brewing Co.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
🏠 1218 19th St NW: Christian & Mathilde Heurich’s first home together
Christian and Mathilde married in 1887 and lived in a house on 19th St NW, directly behind the original Chr. Heurich Brewing Co.
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Christian and Mathilde married in 1887 and lived in a house on 19th St NW, directly behind the original Chr. Heurich Brewing Co.
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Museum Members 🤝 Maker Fellows
Last month, the two makers (Abloom & D'bohomama) in our pilot fellowship program presented some new products and booth set-ups to a test audience of our members.
Last month, the two makers (Abloom & D'bohomama) in our pilot fellowship program presented some new products and booth set-ups to a test audience of our members.
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Museum Members 🤝 Maker Fellows
Last month, the two makers (Abloom & D'bohomama) in our pilot fellowship program presented some new products and booth set-ups to a test audience of our members.
Last month, the two makers (Abloom & D'bohomama) in our pilot fellowship program presented some new products and booth set-ups to a test audience of our members.
To make the main hallway fireplace mantel:
🔨 Carpenters and joiners would have framed it
🗜️ Cabinet makers specialized at making detailed wooden furniture, would have hand crafted the mantel
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🔨 Carpenters and joiners would have framed it
🗜️ Cabinet makers specialized at making detailed wooden furniture, would have hand crafted the mantel
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November 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
To make the main hallway fireplace mantel:
🔨 Carpenters and joiners would have framed it
🗜️ Cabinet makers specialized at making detailed wooden furniture, would have hand crafted the mantel
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🔨 Carpenters and joiners would have framed it
🗜️ Cabinet makers specialized at making detailed wooden furniture, would have hand crafted the mantel
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On Veteran’s Day, we remember people who worked for the Heurich family and served in the military.
There were likely many more people who served whose names we don’t know - including the craftspeople and artisans whose stories we’re currently researching.
There were likely many more people who served whose names we don’t know - including the craftspeople and artisans whose stories we’re currently researching.
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
On Veteran’s Day, we remember people who worked for the Heurich family and served in the military.
There were likely many more people who served whose names we don’t know - including the craftspeople and artisans whose stories we’re currently researching.
There were likely many more people who served whose names we don’t know - including the craftspeople and artisans whose stories we’re currently researching.
Each part of the Heurich home represents multiple layers of labor - how do we uncover them?
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Each part of the Heurich home represents multiple layers of labor - how do we uncover them?
We’re proud to share that our Humanities Scholar-in-Residence, Neil Flanagan (@jgbollard.bsky.social), has published a new piece in @theatlantic.com: “White House Architecture Was an Honor System. Trump Noticed.”
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White House Architecture Was an Honor System. Trump Noticed.
For 125 years, informal norms constrained what a president could do to one of the nation’s most famous landmarks.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
We’re proud to share that our Humanities Scholar-in-Residence, Neil Flanagan (@jgbollard.bsky.social), has published a new piece in @theatlantic.com: “White House Architecture Was an Honor System. Trump Noticed.”
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One of the first things people see after walking through the front doors of the Heurich house is a grand built-in fireplace. The hallway was designed to make a powerful impression. Its height, the detailed woodwork, large mirror, and intricate tiling adds to the sense of wealth and grandeur.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:50 PM
One of the first things people see after walking through the front doors of the Heurich house is a grand built-in fireplace. The hallway was designed to make a powerful impression. Its height, the detailed woodwork, large mirror, and intricate tiling adds to the sense of wealth and grandeur.
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The bronze sculpture may be just one piece in the Heurich house, but its presence in the Reception Room speaks volumes. The room was originally meant to be a library - the ceiling decorated with different areas of study and busts of prominent men in Western tradition, like philosophers and writers.
November 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The bronze sculpture may be just one piece in the Heurich house, but its presence in the Reception Room speaks volumes. The room was originally meant to be a library - the ceiling decorated with different areas of study and busts of prominent men in Western tradition, like philosophers and writers.
Celebrate the power of small, local organizations with us at Hook Hall this Wednesday, November 5th from 6:00-8:30pm! 🫶 We're thrilled to be part of Spur Local's annual celebration of local social action alongside our peer nonprofits.
November 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Celebrate the power of small, local organizations with us at Hook Hall this Wednesday, November 5th from 6:00-8:30pm! 🫶 We're thrilled to be part of Spur Local's annual celebration of local social action alongside our peer nonprofits.
“[Grandmother] heard knocking in the bronze figure…in the corner of the reception room.” - Jan Evans, a Heurich grandchild, recalled in a 1985 oral history interview.
After the knocks, Amelia heard Jan’s father say, “things are so different from what I thought” – even though he died during WWII.
After the knocks, Amelia heard Jan’s father say, “things are so different from what I thought” – even though he died during WWII.
October 31, 2025 at 2:36 PM
“[Grandmother] heard knocking in the bronze figure…in the corner of the reception room.” - Jan Evans, a Heurich grandchild, recalled in a 1985 oral history interview.
After the knocks, Amelia heard Jan’s father say, “things are so different from what I thought” – even though he died during WWII.
After the knocks, Amelia heard Jan’s father say, “things are so different from what I thought” – even though he died during WWII.
“Grandmother believed in spirits” - Jan Evans, Heurich granddaughter.
Amelia Heurich often asked for good spirits to be with her family in her diaries. She would also attribute sounds like knocks or rustling in the house to Anna Marguerite, her daughter who died at 9 months old.
Amelia Heurich often asked for good spirits to be with her family in her diaries. She would also attribute sounds like knocks or rustling in the house to Anna Marguerite, her daughter who died at 9 months old.
October 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
“Grandmother believed in spirits” - Jan Evans, Heurich granddaughter.
Amelia Heurich often asked for good spirits to be with her family in her diaries. She would also attribute sounds like knocks or rustling in the house to Anna Marguerite, her daughter who died at 9 months old.
Amelia Heurich often asked for good spirits to be with her family in her diaries. She would also attribute sounds like knocks or rustling in the house to Anna Marguerite, her daughter who died at 9 months old.
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If you drink it and walk the distance from from Heurich house to the Kennedy Center every day, you’ll live to be 102 per Christian Heurich himself.
October 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
If you drink it and walk the distance from from Heurich house to the Kennedy Center every day, you’ll live to be 102 per Christian Heurich himself.
Käthe Kruse (born in 1883 in Germany) founded her dollmaking practice on the idea that dolls should be soft, durable, and more natural for children to use. This meant departing from the cold, hard (likely inaccessible to many) porcelain dolls of the era. 👶
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October 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Käthe Kruse (born in 1883 in Germany) founded her dollmaking practice on the idea that dolls should be soft, durable, and more natural for children to use. This meant departing from the cold, hard (likely inaccessible to many) porcelain dolls of the era. 👶
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“Oh yes we always had Michael…Grandmother was very superstitious!” - Heurich granddaughter Jan Evans recalled about Michael…the doll. 🫢
October 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
“Oh yes we always had Michael…Grandmother was very superstitious!” - Heurich granddaughter Jan Evans recalled about Michael…the doll. 🫢
The skylight was designed with ventilation in mind. 🌬️
When walking up the main staircase, your eyes may be drawn to faint light shining from a skylight above. The skylight room is between the main stairs and the roof - only accessible through a 4th floor closet. ✨
When walking up the main staircase, your eyes may be drawn to faint light shining from a skylight above. The skylight room is between the main stairs and the roof - only accessible through a 4th floor closet. ✨
October 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The skylight was designed with ventilation in mind. 🌬️
When walking up the main staircase, your eyes may be drawn to faint light shining from a skylight above. The skylight room is between the main stairs and the roof - only accessible through a 4th floor closet. ✨
When walking up the main staircase, your eyes may be drawn to faint light shining from a skylight above. The skylight room is between the main stairs and the roof - only accessible through a 4th floor closet. ✨
How do relationships affect the way people are remembered? After doing research, we’ve learned that the Heurich and Gichner families were actually close friends. The Gichner family business installed the new turret roof in the 1930s.
October 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
How do relationships affect the way people are remembered? After doing research, we’ve learned that the Heurich and Gichner families were actually close friends. The Gichner family business installed the new turret roof in the 1930s.
Just TWO WEEKS Left to get Early Bird Tickets! 🎟️🎄
Don’t miss your chance for reduced priced tickets for the 14th annual Heurich Christmas Markt — DC’s only multi-day holiday market spotlighting all local makers!
Don’t miss your chance for reduced priced tickets for the 14th annual Heurich Christmas Markt — DC’s only multi-day holiday market spotlighting all local makers!
October 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Just TWO WEEKS Left to get Early Bird Tickets! 🎟️🎄
Don’t miss your chance for reduced priced tickets for the 14th annual Heurich Christmas Markt — DC’s only multi-day holiday market spotlighting all local makers!
Don’t miss your chance for reduced priced tickets for the 14th annual Heurich Christmas Markt — DC’s only multi-day holiday market spotlighting all local makers!
How do people make connections and support one another? There are many parallels between the Heurich and Gichner families’ stories. (In the 1930s Lawrence Gichner, son to Ernest, replaced the turret’s roof with copper plates.)
October 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
How do people make connections and support one another? There are many parallels between the Heurich and Gichner families’ stories. (In the 1930s Lawrence Gichner, son to Ernest, replaced the turret’s roof with copper plates.)
The Heurich family built their home - where the Museum stands today - on the ancestral lands of the Nacotchtank (Anacostan) and Piscataway peoples. The Heurich House Museum acknowledges the Indigenous labor and care that have shaped these lands for generations.
October 13, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The Heurich family built their home - where the Museum stands today - on the ancestral lands of the Nacotchtank (Anacostan) and Piscataway peoples. The Heurich House Museum acknowledges the Indigenous labor and care that have shaped these lands for generations.
Lawrence Gichner (who replaced the turret roof) was born in DC in 1907 to Ernest and Helen Gichner. His father apprenticed in metalwork in Vienna, Austria starting at 14 years old. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1888 and opened a DC shop DC with the slogan: “everything in sheet metal.”
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October 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Lawrence Gichner (who replaced the turret roof) was born in DC in 1907 to Ernest and Helen Gichner. His father apprenticed in metalwork in Vienna, Austria starting at 14 years old. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1888 and opened a DC shop DC with the slogan: “everything in sheet metal.”
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Imagine it’s 1987: You step inside the Heurich mansion, which looks like a time capsule to the 1890s. The halls are lively and filled with chatter - 60 guests mingle to celebrate the 50th birthday of Don King, one of the Heurich grandchildren.
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October 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Imagine it’s 1987: You step inside the Heurich mansion, which looks like a time capsule to the 1890s. The halls are lively and filled with chatter - 60 guests mingle to celebrate the 50th birthday of Don King, one of the Heurich grandchildren.
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Contractor James T. Kenyon and architect Appleton P. Clark Jr. led the Conservatory roof replacement. 👷
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October 7, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Contractor James T. Kenyon and architect Appleton P. Clark Jr. led the Conservatory roof replacement. 👷
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Last chance to Get Crafty this year! 🎨✨ Join us as we paint river rocks — take yours home or add it to our rock garden around the firepits. Leave your mark and get creative before the season ends!
📅 Wed Oct 15 | 6-8pm
📍 1921 Biergarten @ Heurich House
🎟️ FREE: events.humanitix.com/get-crafty-n...
📅 Wed Oct 15 | 6-8pm
📍 1921 Biergarten @ Heurich House
🎟️ FREE: events.humanitix.com/get-crafty-n...
October 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Last chance to Get Crafty this year! 🎨✨ Join us as we paint river rocks — take yours home or add it to our rock garden around the firepits. Leave your mark and get creative before the season ends!
📅 Wed Oct 15 | 6-8pm
📍 1921 Biergarten @ Heurich House
🎟️ FREE: events.humanitix.com/get-crafty-n...
📅 Wed Oct 15 | 6-8pm
📍 1921 Biergarten @ Heurich House
🎟️ FREE: events.humanitix.com/get-crafty-n...
The permit specified: “remove the…glass roof to [the] conservatory and replace [it] with wood construction.” On May 16, 1923, the Heurich family began the process, costing $2,000 - over $38,300 today, to install a new tile and tin mansard roof with a coffered oak ceiling.
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October 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The permit specified: “remove the…glass roof to [the] conservatory and replace [it] with wood construction.” On May 16, 1923, the Heurich family began the process, costing $2,000 - over $38,300 today, to install a new tile and tin mansard roof with a coffered oak ceiling.
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