Historical Markers in Cathedral Heights, District of Columbia
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On Bellevue Terrace Northwest at Garfield Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on Bellevue Terrace Northwest.
Until the 1920s, Cathedral Heights was richer in cows than people. The neighborhood was carved into plots of woodland and farms, including nearly 30 acres owned by Henry Kengla on which the Westchester Cooperative Apartments now stand. The Kengla . . . — — Map (db m126975) HM
On Wisconsin Avenue Northwest at Woodley Road Northwest on Wisconsin Avenue Northwest.
The Washington National Cathedral, standing majestically on the commanding heights of the city, was not the first religious institution on Mount Alban. Joseph Nourse, a Revolutionary War veteran who moved his family to the site in 1813, dreamed . . . — — Map (db m152177) HM