Kelsey & Associates: HGTV

Kelsey & Associates, Inc.
"Preserving Architectural Heritage"

Past appearances on HGTV

Throughout the fall of 2002, the Kelsey & Associates office in the historic Lafayette Building in Washington, D.C. is being used as the host location setting for HGTV's "Building Character" show. The 13 part series, which will air beginning in January 2003, features houses that have been transformed by their owners from various other building types such as barns, railroad stations, missile silos, and even a water tower in New York City! Here is a sample:

University House
If Walls Could Talk ... : Episode WCT-212

Architectural historian Paul Williams bought a rundown house in the neighborhood of Washington, D.C., that used to be known as the Harlem of Washington.

He began to learn about the interesting history of the house when he began looking through a German encyclopedia that he'd found in his attic. For instance, the house was once a university for African-Americans and was run by a woman named Anna J. Cooper. . .

Logan Circle
Restore America : Episode RAM-148

The original plan for Washington called for a triangular shaped area called Iowa Circle, with grand diagonal avenues forming an inverted pyramid with the White House. Until just before the Civil War, much of this area was farmland, known derisively as Blodget's Wilderness. In the 1860s, contrabanders and freedmen crowded into wooden shacks on the land. The open field that is now Logan's Circle was infamous as the place where spies and deserters were hanged. . .

Hanging On
Dream House : Episode DRH-611

Dean got a small mortgage, which enabled him to start construction of the patio. Mason Dino Patrucci underestimated the amount of work it would take to complete the job. In a payment disagreement, Dino left the job. Dean was left putting the apartment on the market with an unfinished patio. . .

Dream Drives
Episode DRD-107

Washington D.C.'s Embassy Row
In the diplomatic center of the nation's capitol, Dream Drives tours the extraordinary residence of the Ambassador of Brazil. Then, it's on to the four-story palatial home of the Turkish Ambassador, followed by an exploration of the Colonial past in the stunning South-African Embassy. The governing tour comes to a close in the former home of Woodrow Wilson. . .