Cleveland Park is one of Northwest DC’s most architecturally distinctive neighborhoods, full of Victorian cottages, Queen Anne houses, and early 20th century apartment buildings. The neighborhood got its name from President Grover Cleveland, who summered here in the 1880s when the area was still well outside the city. These posts dig into the history behind Cleveland Park’s streets and buildings.
We are a great nation and Americans in the 1880s were proud of their rapidly growing and dominant country. But how can you truly be a great nation without a national zoo to show off all the wonderful creatures that roam your lands, as well as those of foreign lands? Not only that, how will … Read more
