Corcoran House

Then: Built in 1828, and remodeled for William Wilson Corcoran in 1949, the Corcoran House was on the northeast corner of H Street and Connecticut Ave., NW, with a view of Lafayette Square and the White House, until 1922.


Chamber of Commerce of the United States

And then: The United States Chamber of Commerce, taken sometime between 1922 and 1925 when construction was completed.


United States Chamber of Commerce

And now: More than 90 years later, the Chamber has grown to represent more than 3 million businesses, nearly 3,000 state and local chambers, 830 associations, and over 90 American Chambers of Commerce abroad.

Kent Boese posts items of historic interest, primarily within the District. He’s worked in libraries since 1994, both federal and law, and currently works on K Street. He’s been an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner serving the northern Columbia Heights and Park View neighborhoods since 2011 (ANC 1A), and served as the Commission’s Chair since 2013. He has a MS in Design from Arizona State University with strong interests in preservation, planning, and zoning. Kent is also the force behind the blog Park View, DC.