Woodley Park

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Old Woodley Park Historic District
Houses in the historic district
LocationRoughly bounded by Rock Creek Park, 24th St., 29th St., Woodley Rd. and Cathedral Ave., NW., Washington, District of Columbia
Aurie54 acre (22 ha)
Biggit1905 (1905)
Airchitectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals[2]
NRHP Reference #90000856[1]
Addit tae NRHPJune 15, 1990

Woodley Park is a neebourheid in Northwest, Washington, D.C.. It is boondit on the north bi Woodley Road an Klingle Road, on the east bi the National Zoo an Rock Creek Park, on the sooth bi Calvert Street, on the soothwast bi Cleveland Avenue, an on the wast bi 34t Street.

Adjining neebourheids are Cleveland Park tae the north, Mount Pleasant an Adams Morgan tae the east, Kalorama tae the sooth, Woodland-Normanstone Terrace tae the soothwast, an Massachusetts Heights tae the wast.

Woodley Park is servit bi the Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Metro station, atween Dupont Circle an Cleveland Park on the Red Line.

Intersection o Calvert Street an Connecticut Avenue in Woodley Park

Straddlin Connecticut Avenue sooth o the National Zoo is a neebourheid of fine early 20t-century row hooses, a thrawback tae the days mair nor a century ago when developers howpit that this wide avenue that runs northwaird tae the Maryland border wad be a boulevard lined wi elegant hames. Modren-day Connecticut Avenue north o the smaw Woodley Park historic destrict, housomeivver, is nou maistly filled wi heich rent, heich rise apairtment hooses — awtho the ceety's hicht limitation restricts thaim tae nae mair nor aicht stories, they are considered heich-rise bi Washington staundarts. Tae the east, the neebourheid's curvit streets overhang Rock Creek Park. On the wast, they bend on the slope leadin tae the hichts o Mt. Saint Albans, the steid o Washington National Cathedral. The stately rows o meticulously designed hooses are preservit intact, presentin streetscapes that hae chyngit little for nearly a century. Tho busy Connecticut Avenue is aye juist aroond the corner, the residential streets are leafy, green, an serene.

On Connecticut Avenue, umwhile row hooses alang the street hae been convertit intae commercial properties, includin restaurants, offices an retail shops. Twa lairge hotels are locatit on Calvert Street (the Omni Shoreham Hotel) an Woodley Road (the Marriott Wardman Park hotel, the seicont lairgest hotel in D.C.). At nicht, the place is a hive o activity, pairticularly syne a shuttle bus (The Circulator) nou runs atween the Metro stop (Woodley Park/Adams Morgan) tae the hert o Adams Morgan an the U Street Corridor. Shops an restaurants linin Connecticut Ave include mony chains (such as a Baskin-Robbins, a Chipotle, a McDonald's, an a CVS), but mony fine local restaurants and shops.

The aurie wis namit efter Woodley House, built bi Philip Barton Key (the Uncle o Francis Scott Key) in 1801. Woodley haes hoosit mony poleetical elites frae Preses Grover Cleveland tae Warld War 2 Secretar o War Henry Stimson. Nouadays Woodley House serves as the librar an admeenistrative biggin o the Maret School.

The Woodley Park Community Association wis established tae support the in-toun neebourheid quality o life in Woodley Park. It haes several hunder members an wirks on issues o general neebourheid interest.

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The District of Columbia Public Schools is the public schuil seestem. Oyster Adams Bilingual Elementary School is the neebourheid elementar schuil, shapit in 2007 bi the merger o James F. Oyster Bilingual Elementary School in Woodley Park an John Quincy Adams Elementary School in Adams Morgan.[3]

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 9 Julie 2010.
  2. Field, Cynthia. "NRHP Nomination Form" (PDF). April 1990. National Park Service. Retrieved 27 Januar 2014.
  3. "About Us Archived 2014-11-06 at the Wayback Machine" (). Oyster Adams Bilingual Elementary School. Retrieved on November 6, 2014.

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Coordinates: 38°55′42.4″N 77°3′21.5″W / 38.928444°N 77.055972°W / 38.928444; -77.055972