Historical Markers and War Memorials in Glover Park, District of Columbia
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On Beecher Street Northwest at 42nd Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west on Beecher Street Northwest.
Police and fire call boxes were installed throughout Washington, D.C. neighborhoods to provide emergency communication links between neighborhood streets and local police and fire stations. With the introduction of the 911 emergency call system in . . . — — Map (db m113379) HM
On 37th Street Northwest at Calvert Street Northwest on 37th Street Northwest.
Considered the father of Rock Creek Park and the National Zoo, Washington banker and philanthropist Charles Carroll Glover (1846-1936) also gave Washington, D.C. 77 acres in the valley of Foundry Branch, just west of this neighborhood. With an . . . — — Map (db m113376) HM
On W Place Northwest east of 37th Street Northwest.
Funded by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities,
Public Art Building Communities Grant Program
DC Commission on
The Arts & Humanities
The name Glover Park which first appeared in advertisements in 1926, honors the . . . — — Map (db m113383) HM
On Beecher Street Northwest at Huidikoper Place Northwest on Beecher Street Northwest.
Dischord Records is a Washington, D.C. independent record label born right here on Beecher Street in 1980. The label focuses on the independent punk music scene in the Washington area and offers musicians an alternative to major labels. By . . . — — Map (db m113373) HM
On Calvert Street Northwest west of 37th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east. Reported damaged.
For years Hall Place was home to many astronomers who worked nearby at the United States Naval Observatory. One of the most celebrated was Herbert R. Morgan (1875-1957), a longtime resident of Glover Park. He bought one of the first homes on Hall . . . — — Map (db m113378) HM
On Wisconsin Avenue Northwest north of 35th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
Originally known as the Upper Graveyard, Holy Rood Cemetery was established by Holy Trinity Catholic Church in 1832. In 1853, the cemetery was expanded, and in the years following the Civil War improvements were made. A house was added for the . . . — — Map (db m112149) HM
On Wisconsin Avenue Northwest just south of W Place Northwest, on the right when traveling south.
Holy Trinity Catholic Church established Holy Rood Cemetery as its parish cemetery on high ground above Georgetown in 1832. The cemetery was expanded in 1853 to the 6.5 acres it is today. Originally known as the Upper Graveyard, in 1886 the . . . — — Map (db m155228) HM
On Hall Place Northwest at Wisconsin Avenue Northwest, on the left when traveling east on Hall Place Northwest.
Police and fire call boxes were installed throughout Washington, D.C. neighborhoods to provide emergency communication links between neighborhood streets and local police and fire stations. With the introduction of the 911 emergency call system . . . — — Map (db m113384) HM
On Edmunds Street Northwest west of Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling west.
This parish was founded in 1930 for the purpose of religious worship, and to perpetuate the memory of all Russians who gave their lives for their country and their faith during the tragic years of World War I and the Russian Revolution. — — Map (db m31265) HM
Near Massachusetts Avenue Northwest west of Edmunds Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west.
[Marker Plaque 1:] "988 - 1988"
The year 1988 marks the 1000th anniversary of the baptism of Rus’ in the year 988 by decision of the Prince of Kiev, St. Vladimir the Great. This monument was erected by the American Spiritual Children of . . . — — Map (db m31271) HM
On 35th Street Northwest at Wisconsin Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling north on 35th Street Northwest.
Ahead on the hill is Holy Rood Cemetery, the first Catholic parish cemetery in Washington. Established by Georgetown's Holy Trinity Church in 1832, the cemetery contains the remains of more than 7,300 whites and African Americans, both enslaved and . . . — — Map (db m113385) HM
On Massachusetts Avenue Northwest west of Edmunds Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west.
This church has been built to serve as a house of worship to the glory of God and as a memorial to honor those Orthodox Christians who lost their lives in the cause of freedom
Consecrated: November 25, 1962
Metropolitan Leonty
Primate of . . . — — Map (db m31266) WM
On Tunlaw Road Northwest south of 37th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south.
Tunlaw Road first appeared in official records in 1879. It was named after Tunlaw Farm, now the Wesley Heights neighborhood, which took its name from a prominent walnut tree on the property. The owner spelled the name of his favorite tree . . . — — Map (db m113381) HM
On Beecher Street Northwest at 42nd Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west on Beecher Street Northwest.
The community gardens at 42nd Street and Tunlaw Road and in Whitehaven Park were established as part of the Federal National Victory Garden Program during World War II as a way for average Americans to contribute to the war effort. These gardens . . . — — Map (db m113380) HM
