Historic Takoma
History Lives Here
History Lives Here
Thank you to the over 200 attendees of this year’s Takoma Park House and Garden Tour, Suburb in the City. Your ticket purchases, along with the contributions of our Sponsors, Donors, and Contributors, help make our work to preserve, protect, and share the history and culture of the Takoma Park community possible. The tour brochure is now available for viewing and downloading.
Each year John Hume of Sligo Creek Tile Works designs, produces, and contributes a commemorative tile for the tour site hosts. Thank you for you continued support, John!
Sponsors
| Broadhurst Architects, Inc. |
| Chris Brown/Takoma BevCo |
| City of Takoma Park |
| Janet & Jim Douglas |
| Jennifer Martin |
| Lorraine Pearsall and Paul Chrostowski |
| Sangfroid Distilling, LLC |
| Strawberry Fields, LLC |
| Takoma Park Silver Spring Food Co-operative |
| Elizabeth Thornhill |
| Tillerman Gardens, LLC |
Donors
| The F.A. Bartlett Tree Expert Company |
| BFM Architecture, Inc. |
| B.M.C. Clower Heating & Air Conditioning |
| Busboys and Poets |
| Casey Trees |
| Heritage Building and Renovation, Inc. |
| Just That Simple |
| Judy Kogod, Perennial Real Estate |
| The Maplesden Group of Samson Properties |
| Residential Engineering Solutions |
| Sashman DC |
| Studio d Architecture and Design |
| Vitullo Architecture Studio, PC |
| W.H. Winegar & Son, Inc. Plumbing and Heating |
Contributors
| Tom Brune |
| Ashley Flory |
| Joan Francis |
| Diana Kohn |
| Loretta Neumann |
| Sam Sturgis |
| Richard and Laurie O’Connor |
| VFW Post 350 |
Special thanks to the long time support of the Tour by Larry Ravitz and Marika Partridge
On December 16, 2025, a standing room only crowd gathered at Historic Takoma to hear presentations from six graduate students from the University of Maryland Historic Preservation Program present the results of their research on the houses, people, and community of the historic African American area known as “The Bottom.” We were especially pleased to welcome a number of residents from Colby Avenue and the surrounding neighborhood.
The six presentations and the supporting research materials will be added to our research collections. We look forward to visiting and working with local residents to collect additional stories about the families and houses of Colby Avenue. This is an ongoing effort to document and understand the experiences of this and other historical African American communities in Takoma Park. Watch this space for details on access to the research materials.
If you are interested in sharing your stories of Colby Avenue and The Bottom, please let us know by sending a note to info@historictakoma.org or by leaving us a message at 301-270-2831.
Address
7328 Carroll Avenue
Takoma Park, MD 20912
301-270-2831
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