Cleveland Park Historical Society Architectural Review Committee
Monday, November 12, 2018
Cleveland Park Congregational Church, 3400 Lowell Street, NW
REPORT
3219 Wisconsin
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Cleveland Park is a National Register Historic District in Washington, D.C. The neighborhood developed as a “streetcar suburb” of Washington from the 1890s and contains a remarkable variety of architecture as well as designed and natural landscapes from the 18th to 20th centuries.
The Cleveland Park Historical Society (CPHS) is the neighborhood’s historic preservation and local history organization, working to preserve our legacy of architectural and landscape design. Everyone is welcome to become a member!
Oral Histories
Read the first fruits of our new oral history project, as well as interviews with Cleveland Park residents from other projects.
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Design Guidelines
CPHS is in the process of developing design guidelines for the Cleveland Park Historic District. Read the draft guidelines and consult the DC Historic Preservation Office’s guidelines on additions, windows, doors, and more. Read More
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George Idelson Oral History
George Idelson, now in his 90s, has lived in Washington since 1950 and in Cleveland Park since 1967. He has a long history of leadership in community organizations, particularly on preservation
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Gingerbread House Decorating Party, December 9, 2018
Our annual holiday gingerbread house decorating party returns Sunday, December 9th at the Cleveland Park Club, 3433 33rd Place, NW.
Reserve your houses now! Click here to order.
UPDATE 11/27: We
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ARC Agenda for November 12, 2018
Cleveland Park Historical Society Architectural Review Committee
Monday, November 12, 2018
Cleveland Park Congregational Church, 3400 Lowell Street, NW
AGENDA
7:30 pm
3219 Wisconsin Avenue, HPA
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ARC Report for October 2018
Cleveland Park Historical Society Architectural Review Committee
Monday, October 8, 2018
Cleveland Park Congregational Church, 3400 Lowell Street, NW
REPORT
ARC Members attending: Christine
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Did you know there were sheep living at the corner of 36th and Ordway as recently as the 1950s? From the Washington Post, Jan. 23, 1953:
"Mary Louise (foreground), a Southdown ewe, gazes unashamedly at the camera after her return home yesterday by Police Pvts. James R. Parris and Norman Tepper. Owner Robert E. Mathers of 3501 36th st. nw, accompanied by Homer, a ram, keeps a firm hold on her chain. Mary Louise took off for a bit of city life and went sashaying in front of a parked squad car at 35th and Newark sts. nw. The squad car shepherds lassoed her near the National Cathedral."
Love it!
Great story !
I can’t believe the police had to be involved lol
The neighborhood nickname for that house was "the shepherds cottage (before the additions) I thought, because it looked like a rural cottage. But I guess there was some truth to the neighborhood fantasy.
Our neighbor's dog would walk herself down to the Woodley Super Market to get a bone from the butcher. She would bring it back up the hill to their house and the store put it on their bill.
Washingtoniana's elf is showing how easy house history research is. Did you know Washingtoniana is currently in temporary quarters just up the road at 4340 Connecticut? Very convenient for Cleveland Park! Follow their FB page for more elf research tips and see www.dclibrary.org/wash for information about their hours.Looking up building permits is so easy, even Elf can do it!
