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Uptown Theater: This beloved Art Moderne style movie theater opened in 1936 and quickly became a popular entertainment destination.
The Uptown Theater is prominently located along Connecticut Avenue NW in the Cleveland Park Historic District. Designed by John J. Zink – a notable and prolific movie theater architect from Baltimore…
Sedgwick Gardens (and Interiors): This early Art Deco-style apartment building offered luxury living to Washingtonians in the 1930s.
Designed by Mihran Mesrobian in 1931 for Max Gorin, the president of the Southern Construction Company, Sedgwick Gardens is a significant Art Deco building. Mesrobian designed many significant…
Twin Oaks: The Twin Oaks is an 18.1 acre-estate located in the Cleveland Park neighborhood.
Twin Oaks, designed in 1888 by Francis Allen, is one of the earliest extant examples of Georgian Revival architecture in this country, and is an excellent and notable example of this style. It is is…
Tregaron (The Causeway): This Colonial Revival style estate is located on a landscaped, hilltop site above the Klingle Valley.
Tregaron (The Causeway), an estate designed in 1912 by Charles Adams Platt, is notable for its Colonial Revival design and landscaped grounds, as well as its former residents. Joseph Edward Davies and…
William L. Slayton House (and Interior): Located in Cleveland Park, the William L. Slayton House is one of the few houses designed by I.M. Pei.
Designed in the International Style, the William L. Slayton House is one of only three houses known to have been designed by world-renowned architect I.M. Pei. Pei, primarily a corporate architect but…
Rosedale (Uriah Forrest House): This 18th-century Cleveland Park residence has managed to retain the feeling of a rural farmhouse.
Located on a hill in Cleveland Park, Rosedale is an 18th-century frame house that stands on spacious grounds surrounded by trees and boxwood. Despite being located within Washington's boundaries, the…
Klingle Valley Bridge: This bridge was constructed in 1931 to replace an earlier viaduct built by a streetcar company to extend Connecticut Avenue to the Maryland line.
The Klingle Valley Bridge—also known as the Connecticut Avenue Bridge over Klingle Valley and DC Bridge No. 27—carries Connecticut Avenue over the deep, wooded ravine of the Klingle Valley in…
3901 Connecticut Avenue NW (and Lobby): This Tudor Revival-style apartment building is one of many luxury buildings along Connecticut Avenue.
The garden-style construction at 3901 Connecticut Avenue NW fulfilled many of the aesthetic and logistic needs of the residents that lived there. The building had direct streetcar access that allowed…
Cleveland Park Historic District: This largely residential neighborhood reflects changing styles and ongoing development from 1894 to 1941.
The Cleveland Park Historic District is an intact community integrating residences, apartment buildings and neighborhood retail shopping located on a hill overlooking the city center but separated…