Cleveland Park is an affluent residential neighborhood in the Northwest quadrant Washington, DC. It is bounded approximately by Rock Creek Park to the east, Wisconsin Avenue to the west, Klingle and Woodley Roads to the south, and Rodman and Tilden Streets to the north. Its main commercial corridor lies along Connecticut Avenue, NW, where the eponymous Cleveland Park station of the Washington Metro's Red Line can be found. The neighborhood is known for its many late 19th century homes, the Washington National Cathedral (heart of the sub-neighborhhood of Cathedral Heights), and the historic Art Deco Uptown Theatre. It is also home to the Park and Shop, built in 1930 and one of the earliest strip malls. Neighbourhood is also a term in topology. ... Color-enhanced USGS satellite image of Washington, DC, taken April 26, 2002. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... Rock Creek Park is an urban natural area with public park facilities which bisects Washington, DC. East of the park, except for a few enclaves, the city has a decidedly urban character. ... Wisconsin Avenue is a major thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., and its Maryland suburbs. ... Connecticut Avenue is a major route in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., and suburban Montgomery County, Maryland. ... An inbound train leaves Cleveland Park station. ... Red Line train at Metro Center, hub of the system The Washington Metro is the public transportation system of Washington, D.C., and neighboring suburban communities in Maryland and Virginia, both inside and outside the Capital Beltway. ... The Red Line of the Washington Metro consists of 27 subway stations from Shady Grove to Glenmont. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Washington National Cathedral was the site of two Presidential state funerals: for Dwight D. Eisenhower and Ronald W. Reagan, and a presidential burial in the cathedral mausoleum: Woodrow Wilson. ... Asheville City Hall. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... For the traditional meaning of the word mall, see mall. ...

History

The first American settler was General Uriah Forrest, an aide-de-camp of George Washington who built an estate called Rosedale (now at 3501 Newark Street) in 1793, when he began serving as a Congressman from Maryland. Later, it housed Youth for Understanding, an international student exchange organization. Other estates followed. Gardiner Greene Hubbard, first president of the National Geographic Society, built the colonial Georgian revival Twin Oaks on 50 acres (200,000 m²) in 1888. It was used as a summer home by the Hubbard family, including Alexander Graham Bell and is today home of the diplomatic mission of the Republic of China on Taiwan. Tregaron, present-day home of the Washington International School, is a Georgian house built in 1912. Uriah Forrest (1746–July 6, 1805) was an American statesman and military leader from Maryland. ... George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was the successful Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and later became the first President of the United States, an office to which he was elected twice (1789-1797). ... 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The United States House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States. ... State nickname: Old Line State; Free State Official languages None Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Governor Robert L. Ehrlich (R) Senators Paul Sarbanes (D) Barbara Mikulski (D) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 42nd 32,160 km² 21 Population  - Total (2000)  - Density Ranked 19th 5,296,486 165/km² (5th) Admission into... Youth For Understanding (YFU) is a non-profit organisation which organizes high school and other exchanges between countries all over the world, especially between the United States, Canada, Brasil, New Zealand, Australia, Germany, Russia, Finland, and Latvia. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Flag of the National Geographic Society The National Geographic Society was founded in the United States on January 27, 1888, by 33 men interested in organizing a society for the increase and diffusion of geographical knowledge. ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-American-Canadian scientist and inventor. ... National motto: None Official language Mandarin Chinese Capital and largest city Taipei President Chen Shui-bian Premier Frank Hsieh Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 138th 35,980 km² 2. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ...

The neighborhood acquired its name in 1886, when President Grover Cleveland purchased a stone farmhouse directly opposite Rosedale and remodeled it into a Queen Anne style summer estate called Oak View or Oak Hill (by other accounts, Red Top). When Cleveland lost his bid for re-election, the property was sold in 1888, and construction in the neighborhood shifted away from summer estates. 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... The President of the United States (unofficially abbreviated “POTUS”) is the head of state of the United States. ... Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837–June 24, 1908) was the 22nd (1885–1889) and 24th (1893–1897) President of the United States, and the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms. ... The Buttermans, the historic home of John Newman, the butter king, is one of several Queen Anne mansions in Elgin, Illinois The Queen Anne style of British and American architecture reached its greatest popularity in the last quarter of the 19th century, manifesting itself in a number of different ways... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ...

After electric streetcars connected Cleveland Park to downtown Washington in the early 1890s, the neighborhood's second phase of development as a "streetcar suburb" began. The Cleveland Park Company oversaw construction on numerous plots starting in 1894. Most houses were designed by individual architects and builders, resulting in an eclectic mix of the popular architectural styles of the time, notably the Queen Anne style (including the Shingle style), Georgian revival, and the Mission revival. In later years, simpler schools such as the Prairie style and Tudor revival came to dominate. 15th Street in the early 20th century Streetcars and interurbans operated in Washington, D.C., from 1862 until 1962. ... The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no... A streetcar suburb is a community whose growth was mostly shaped by the coming of the electric streetcar or tram. ... 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Prairie School was a late 19th and early 20th century style of design in the Midwestern United States developed by architect Louis Sullivan and his followers William Gray Purcell and George Grant Elmslie. ... The Tudor style, a term applied to the Perpendicular style, was originally that of the English architecture and decorative arts produced under the Tudor dynasty that ruled England from 1485 to 1603, characterized as an amalgam of Late Gothic style formalized by more concern for regularity and symmetry, with round...

In the 20th century, Winthrop Faulkner and I. M. Pei designed houses in the neighborhood as well. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... The Louvre Pyramid, Paris Ieoh Ming Pei (Chinese: 貝聿銘; Pinyin: ; b. ...

External links

• ClevelandPark.com
• Cleveland Park Citizens Association
• Cleveland Park Historical Society
• National Register of Historic Places: Cleveland Park Historic District
• Cleveland Park Email List
• StationMasters Online: Cleveland Park Neighborhood Map