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Mt. Pleasant

Mount Pleasant is one of DC’s oldest streetcar suburbs, perched on the high ground above Columbia Heights along 16th Street. The neighborhood developed in the 1880s and 1890s as a middle-class escape from the crowded city below and has been one of Washington’s most consistently diverse communities for more than a century. These posts explore Mount Pleasant’s layered history.

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The four-story brick facade of 1627 Lamont Street NW today1627 Lamont Street NW: A 1908 Walk-Up With a 1927 Front-Page TragedyAug 24Raven Grill storefront on Mount Pleasant Street NW with the vintage neon Cocktails sign in the windowThe Raven Grill: 91 Years on Mount Pleasant StreetJun 24Mount Pleasant: From Pleasant Plains to the RavenApr 2, 2015

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The Real Estate Directory of the City of Washington, D.C., Suburbs of Washington City, Serial Number 50 is a series of maps of recorded subdivisions beyond the city limits published by Faehtz & Pratt in 1874. Maps show streets, lot numbers and dimensions, property lines, and some building footprints. Landowners and estate names are included for large parcels. Outside of Georgetown, subdivision maps showing only property lines indicate that they were undeveloped at that time.1874 Map of Mount Pleasant and Columbia Heights, DCFeb 12, 20151887 Map of Mt. Pleasant and Columbia HeightsDec 1, 2014Exploring the Past: An 1892 Map of the Rural Area Around Tenley and a 1904 Book About Columbia HeightsDec 23, 20131907 map of Mount Pleasant1907 Map of Mount Pleasant: The Neighborhood Before It Was Fully DevelopedApr 10, 2013homes on Klingle Road - June 16th, 1922 (Washington Post)Take a Look at This 1922 Ad for a Mt. Pleasant Home in the Washington PostJan 31, 2013Washington, D.C. Salvage drive, Victory Program. Schoolboy volunteers to go from house to home collecting scrap paperSchoolboys Collecting Scrap Paper for WW2 Salvage Drive in Mount Pleasant, D.C.Dec 13, 2012
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