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.
📷 Hayward & Hutchinson Advertisement, unknown date, Heurich Reference Collection
📷 Elias Hutchinson in the catalogue of Appleton Academy, 1853.
📷 Bill to J.G. Meyers from Hayward & Hutchinson for work in the 19th St NW Home, 1889
📷 “E.S. Hutchinson Dies,” The Evening Star, September 13, 1912
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📷 Elias Hutchinson in the catalogue of Appleton Academy, 1853.
📷 Bill to J.G. Meyers from Hayward & Hutchinson for work in the 19th St NW Home, 1889
📷 “E.S. Hutchinson Dies,” The Evening Star, September 13, 1912
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November 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
📷 Hayward & Hutchinson Advertisement, unknown date, Heurich Reference Collection
📷 Elias Hutchinson in the catalogue of Appleton Academy, 1853.
📷 Bill to J.G. Meyers from Hayward & Hutchinson for work in the 19th St NW Home, 1889
📷 “E.S. Hutchinson Dies,” The Evening Star, September 13, 1912
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📷 Elias Hutchinson in the catalogue of Appleton Academy, 1853.
📷 Bill to J.G. Meyers from Hayward & Hutchinson for work in the 19th St NW Home, 1889
📷 “E.S. Hutchinson Dies,” The Evening Star, September 13, 1912
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When Elias S. Hutchinson died in 1912, he was remembered in the Evening Star as a, “resident of Washington for Thirty-Eight Years–In Marble and Tile Business.”
🔹How many workers employed by Hayward & Hutchinson also had detailed obituaries with business accomplishments, like Hutchinson?
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🔹How many workers employed by Hayward & Hutchinson also had detailed obituaries with business accomplishments, like Hutchinson?
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November 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
When Elias S. Hutchinson died in 1912, he was remembered in the Evening Star as a, “resident of Washington for Thirty-Eight Years–In Marble and Tile Business.”
🔹How many workers employed by Hayward & Hutchinson also had detailed obituaries with business accomplishments, like Hutchinson?
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🔹How many workers employed by Hayward & Hutchinson also had detailed obituaries with business accomplishments, like Hutchinson?
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🔹 How did Hutchinson’s experience differ from other business managers who the Heurich family worked with - especially in comparison to the immigrant-run companies like Jorss Ironworks who completed the Ironwork at the New Hampshire Ave NW property?
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November 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🔹 How did Hutchinson’s experience differ from other business managers who the Heurich family worked with - especially in comparison to the immigrant-run companies like Jorss Ironworks who completed the Ironwork at the New Hampshire Ave NW property?
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Elias S. Hutchinson of Hayward & Hutchinson was born in New Hampshire in 1836 and attended the Appleton Academy, a prestigious high school that was founded in 1789 with close ties to Dartmouth College.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Elias S. Hutchinson of Hayward & Hutchinson was born in New Hampshire in 1836 and attended the Appleton Academy, a prestigious high school that was founded in 1789 with close ties to Dartmouth College.
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🔹Did Hayward & Hutchinson also source the tiles for the 19th St. conservatory from the U.S. Encaustic Tile Works? Did they also do the tilework for the New Hampshire Ave house?
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November 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🔹Did Hayward & Hutchinson also source the tiles for the 19th St. conservatory from the U.S. Encaustic Tile Works? Did they also do the tilework for the New Hampshire Ave house?
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Pictured here is a tile at the center of the conservatory which was placed upside down, imprinted with “U.S.E.T. Works” or U.S. Encaustic Tile Works - a manufacturer of these specialty tiles located in Indiana.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Pictured here is a tile at the center of the conservatory which was placed upside down, imprinted with “U.S.E.T. Works” or U.S. Encaustic Tile Works - a manufacturer of these specialty tiles located in Indiana.
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Three years later, Mathilde and Christian chose a pattern (that seems to be identical to the one in their first home) for the conservatory in the Heurich Mansion we know today on New Hampshire Ave NW.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Three years later, Mathilde and Christian chose a pattern (that seems to be identical to the one in their first home) for the conservatory in the Heurich Mansion we know today on New Hampshire Ave NW.
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📷 Letter from D.W. Stockstill to J.G. Meyers, October 24,1888
📷 Letter from D.W. Stockstill to J.G. Meyers, April 3, 1889
📷 D.W. Stockstill in the 1880 U.S. Census
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📷 Letter from D.W. Stockstill to J.G. Meyers, April 3, 1889
📷 D.W. Stockstill in the 1880 U.S. Census
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November 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
📷 Letter from D.W. Stockstill to J.G. Meyers, October 24,1888
📷 Letter from D.W. Stockstill to J.G. Meyers, April 3, 1889
📷 D.W. Stockstill in the 1880 U.S. Census
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📷 Letter from D.W. Stockstill to J.G. Meyers, April 3, 1889
📷 D.W. Stockstill in the 1880 U.S. Census
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⚒️ Meyers and Stockstill were in the same business circle, so is it possible Stockstill’s company worked on the Heurich home on New Hampshire Ave?
⚒️ We know Stockstill’s name because letters about the Heurich projects were preserved, but how do we find the names of the workers he employed?
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⚒️ We know Stockstill’s name because letters about the Heurich projects were preserved, but how do we find the names of the workers he employed?
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November 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
⚒️ Meyers and Stockstill were in the same business circle, so is it possible Stockstill’s company worked on the Heurich home on New Hampshire Ave?
⚒️ We know Stockstill’s name because letters about the Heurich projects were preserved, but how do we find the names of the workers he employed?
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⚒️ We know Stockstill’s name because letters about the Heurich projects were preserved, but how do we find the names of the workers he employed?
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Once again - in 1889 - Meyers hired Stockstill’s company to supply materials and install the skylight in the conservatory of the 19th St NW Heurich home.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Once again - in 1889 - Meyers hired Stockstill’s company to supply materials and install the skylight in the conservatory of the 19th St NW Heurich home.
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David Winters Stockstill (born in Ohio ca. 1832) worked as a tinner and galvanized iron worker. His business was located at 215-22114th St NW in DC. According to an 1896 article of The Morning Star, Stockstill employed 35-40 workers and supported union labor.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
David Winters Stockstill (born in Ohio ca. 1832) worked as a tinner and galvanized iron worker. His business was located at 215-22114th St NW in DC. According to an 1896 article of The Morning Star, Stockstill employed 35-40 workers and supported union labor.
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Meyers contracted D.W. Stockstill - manager of National Mould and Stamping Company - to add iron ventilators to the milk house, iron gutters and roofing to the wagon house, and corrugating iron to the tool house.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Meyers contracted D.W. Stockstill - manager of National Mould and Stamping Company - to add iron ventilators to the milk house, iron gutters and roofing to the wagon house, and corrugating iron to the tool house.
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These businesses typically:
✨have no additional employees,
✨partake in no or minimal wholesale operations,
✨are working towards generating a living wage,
✨cannot afford fees in multi-week holiday markets.
Will you make our local makers stronger during Q4? 💪
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✨have no additional employees,
✨partake in no or minimal wholesale operations,
✨are working towards generating a living wage,
✨cannot afford fees in multi-week holiday markets.
Will you make our local makers stronger during Q4? 💪
heurichhouse.org/pages/christ...
Christmas Markt
The Heurich House Museum honestly explores the American Experience through the legacy of German immigrant Christian Heurich and his Washington, DC brewery, and creates an equitable path to success…
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November 18, 2025 at 10:15 PM
These businesses typically:
✨have no additional employees,
✨partake in no or minimal wholesale operations,
✨are working towards generating a living wage,
✨cannot afford fees in multi-week holiday markets.
Will you make our local makers stronger during Q4? 💪
heurichhouse.org/pages/christ...
✨have no additional employees,
✨partake in no or minimal wholesale operations,
✨are working towards generating a living wage,
✨cannot afford fees in multi-week holiday markets.
Will you make our local makers stronger during Q4? 💪
heurichhouse.org/pages/christ...
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Membership
The Heurich House Museum honestly explores the American Experience through the legacy of German immigrant Christian Heurich and his Washington, DC brewery, and creates an equitable path to success…
heurichhouse.org
November 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🏰 Membership starts at $6/month or $60/year. Learn more and gift your friend (or yourself) a Heurich Membership: heurichhouse.org/pages/member...
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November 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
⭐ DC devotees who want to engage more deeply with local history and culture
🤝 Anyone who wants to join a thoughtful community of all of the above!
🤝 Anyone who wants to join a thoughtful community of all of the above!
🍻 Craft beverage drinkers who want to take advantage of a 10% discount on all Biergarten purchases
🔎 History lovers who want to attend behind-the-scenes programming and events
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🔎 History lovers who want to attend behind-the-scenes programming and events
🖼️ Museum geeks who want access to membership discounts at museums across North America
November 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🍻 Craft beverage drinkers who want to take advantage of a 10% discount on all Biergarten purchases
🔎 History lovers who want to attend behind-the-scenes programming and events
🖼️ Museum geeks who want access to membership discounts at museums across North America
🔎 History lovers who want to attend behind-the-scenes programming and events
🖼️ Museum geeks who want access to membership discounts at museums across North America
📷 Photograph of the Heurich House at 1218 19th St NW ca. 1899-1904
📷 Photograph of the New Hampshire Ave NW conservatory compared with photographs from “The Art of Fencing As It is Practiced in Washington,” in The Washington Times, January 10, 1904
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📷 Photograph of the New Hampshire Ave NW conservatory compared with photographs from “The Art of Fencing As It is Practiced in Washington,” in The Washington Times, January 10, 1904
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November 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
📷 Photograph of the Heurich House at 1218 19th St NW ca. 1899-1904
📷 Photograph of the New Hampshire Ave NW conservatory compared with photographs from “The Art of Fencing As It is Practiced in Washington,” in The Washington Times, January 10, 1904
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📷 Photograph of the New Hampshire Ave NW conservatory compared with photographs from “The Art of Fencing As It is Practiced in Washington,” in The Washington Times, January 10, 1904
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🏠 Did they replicate any design elements other than the conservatory tiling?
🏠 Did any people work on both construction projects?
Over the next few days, we’ll trace some of the DC businesses who brought the Heurich family’s projects to life…
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🏠 Did any people work on both construction projects?
Over the next few days, we’ll trace some of the DC businesses who brought the Heurich family’s projects to life…
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November 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
🏠 Did they replicate any design elements other than the conservatory tiling?
🏠 Did any people work on both construction projects?
Over the next few days, we’ll trace some of the DC businesses who brought the Heurich family’s projects to life…
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🏠 Did any people work on both construction projects?
Over the next few days, we’ll trace some of the DC businesses who brought the Heurich family’s projects to life…
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🏠 Why did they choose to work with John Granville Meyers for these projects?
🏠 Who was in Meyers’s circle?
🏠 What can the renovations to the couple’s 19th St. NW house tell us about constructing their home on New Hampshire Ave NW?
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🏠 Who was in Meyers’s circle?
🏠 What can the renovations to the couple’s 19th St. NW house tell us about constructing their home on New Hampshire Ave NW?
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November 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
🏠 Why did they choose to work with John Granville Meyers for these projects?
🏠 Who was in Meyers’s circle?
🏠 What can the renovations to the couple’s 19th St. NW house tell us about constructing their home on New Hampshire Ave NW?
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🏠 Who was in Meyers’s circle?
🏠 What can the renovations to the couple’s 19th St. NW house tell us about constructing their home on New Hampshire Ave NW?
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After the Heurichs moved, the 19th St house was used by the Washington Fencing Club. In a 1904 article, we can see a glimpse of the floor tiling, which looks almost identical to the Conservatory in their New Hampshire Ave mansion.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
After the Heurichs moved, the 19th St house was used by the Washington Fencing Club. In a 1904 article, we can see a glimpse of the floor tiling, which looks almost identical to the Conservatory in their New Hampshire Ave mansion.
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Around 1889, they hired John Granville Meyers to make renovations to their home, including: adding one story over the kitchen, building a ventilating skylight in the conservatory, and tiling the floor in the conservatory.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Around 1889, they hired John Granville Meyers to make renovations to their home, including: adding one story over the kitchen, building a ventilating skylight in the conservatory, and tiling the floor in the conservatory.
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