Detail of 1913 Baist Atlas, Volume 3, Plate 18, showing the concentration of development in the southwestern corner of Petworth, just barely reaching Grant Circle.

ID: 3174 ~ Source: Baist’s Real Estate Atlas Surveys of Washington, D.C.
(Philadelphia: G.W. Baist, 1913).
This file appears in: Grant Circle Historic District
Detail of 1913 Baist Atlas, Volume 3, Plate 18, showing the concentration of development in the southwestern corner of Petworth, just barely reaching Grant Circle.
This file appears in: Grant Circle Historic District

Grant Circle is a major urban and visual feature of the Petworth neighborhood, marking the intersection of Fifth and Varnum Streets and Illinois and New Hampshire Avenues, N.W. These parks are defined by a mix of hedges, lawns, and mature trees,…