Washingtonian: The Lockkeeper’s House on DC’s National Mall Reopens Saturday

Washingtonian: The Lockkeeper’s House on DC’s National Mall Reopens Saturday

Washingtonian Magazine’s Sherri Dalphonse wrote about the Lockkeeper’s House reopening to the public on April 23, 2022 following a relocation, new exhibit installation and overall transformation to the oldest sitting structure on the National Mall.

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“Back in the mid-1800s, the area that’s now the National Mall in Washington, DC, was mostly underwater—part of a canal system used to transport goods in and out of the nation’s capital. And where the C&O Canal met the Washington City Canal—now, roughly, the intersection of 17th Street and Constitution Avenue, Northwest—sat the Lockkeeper’s House, where a series of canal-minders and their families lived so that someone was available, 24/7, to tend to the boat and barge traffic and collect tolls…”

Read the rest of the article here.

Photo by Stephen Bobb for the Trust for the National Mall

The Lockkeepers’s House reopening was made possible by individual, corporate and foundation supporters. Learn more about the Lockkeeper’s House here.

Go to Restoration and Sustainability — Trust for the National Mall to learn more about the sustainable solutions the Trust is helping to build to preserve, protect and enrich the National Mall.