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DATE: Tue 01 / 17 / 2023, 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
WHERE: Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC
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Cleveland Park is a National Register of Historic Places listed 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.
Cleveland Park became a National Register Historic District in 1987. Download the nomination here (text) and here (pictures). You can also find this development history of the commercial corridor. The DC Historic Preservation Office’s brochure about Cleveland Park gives an excellent overview of Cleveland Park’s history.
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!
CPHS offers bronze historic house markers for houses in the Cleveland Park Historic District. For more information and to see if your house is eligible, please click here.
Newark Street Architecture
June 17, 2023. 10:00 AM -12:00 PM
Join CPHS’s Camilla Carpenter and Executive Director Stephen Hansen for an historical walking tour of Cleveland Park’s iconic Newark Street – a street that embodies the architectural history of the Cleveland Park Historic District. Over the years, Newark Street became home to almost every style of American residential architecture, from Rosedale’s colonial-period vernacular, Queen Anne, various revival styles, to Art Deco and modernism. Come and learn more about these buildings, styles, and histories.
Cleveland Park’s Sears Houses
Date: TBD
Led by CPHS member Dr. Barbara Porter, this tour will examine many of the documented Sears & Roebuck catalog houses (“kit” houses) in Cleveland Park, dating between 1911 and 1929 and representing a multiplicity of architectural styles. There will also be a discussion about the economic and social aspects of this very American phenomenon.
Tours are free to CPHS members. Registration information for tours will be posted in spring 2023.
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17jun10:00 am12:00 pmCleveland Park Walking Tour: Newark Street Architecture
Join CPHS’s Camilla Carpenter and Stephen Hansen for an historical walking tour of Cleveland Park’s iconic Newark Street – a street that embodies the architectural history of the
Join CPHS’s Camilla Carpenter and Stephen Hansen for an historical walking tour of Cleveland Park’s iconic Newark Street – a street that embodies the architectural history of the Cleveland Park Historic District. Over the years, Newark Street became home to almost every style of American residential architecture, from Rosedale’s colonial vernacular, Queen Anne, various revival styles, to Art Deco and modernism. Come and learn more about these buildings, styles, and histories.
Tours are free to CPHS members. Registration information will be posted in spring 2023.
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DATE: Tue 01 / 17 / 2023, 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
WHERE: Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC
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Monday, November 14, 2022
ARC Members attending: Christine Hobbs, Phil Eagleburger, Ron Ngiam, Stefan Hurray, Ana Evans, Tina Mead, Anne Weir, Danny Ince, and Win Brown. Also attending was
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Monday, October 10, 2022
ARC Members attending: Christine Hobbs, Ron Ngiam, Stefan Hurray, Ana Evans, Tina Mead, Anne Weir, and David Kay. Also attending were Bonnie LaPard, President, Cleveland
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Cleveland Park Historical Society
P.O. Box 4862
Washington DC 20008
Line art in our site header is by the late architect John Weibenson for CPHS.
The Sea Fare restaurant opened in 1945 at 3524 Connecticut Ave NW in Cleveland Park. Created by combining two 1920s storefronts into one building, the Sea Fare was another example of a small business that had been “renovized” by adding a shiny pale-green Vitrolite façade, framed in black, to make for a modern, streamlined look. The mirror-like Vitrolite became an enduring landmark on upper Connecticut Avenue, sometimes attracting unwelcome attention from passersby. In 1953, the Sea Fare’s owner commented to the Washington Post about gangs of young “hoodlums” that would frequent the neighborhood, claiming they would “daily preen themselves in the glassy surfaces of the tile covering the front of his restaurant. 'They all have long wavy hair—they call it duck-tails,’ he said, ‘and wear blue jeans and T-shirts or sweat shirts.’” Two years later, the Sea Fare closed and was replaced by the Peking Palace restaurant, which soon became the Yenching Palace, a landmark Chinese restaurant for many decades. The storefront is now vacant. ... See MoreSee Less
I do not remember this. Oh, I see it becoming Peking Palace that I do remember.
This explains so much! I always wondered at exterior of Yenching Palace as it seemed out of character/style.
Absolutely loved Peking Palace as a kids. My mother’s cousin lived on Connecticut Ave and we passed by almost every week!
Yenching Palace had the most amazing, diverse and abundant brunch on Sundays!!
The Winter 2022 edition of Voices is now available for download: tinyurl.com/46t7h7xy ... See MoreSee Less
What is its current status?
Spent a lot of time there growing up in the 60’s and early 70’s
It was listed on the National Register last month. We are uncertain as to future plans for this landmark. The seating area has been cleared out, but the lobby and stairwells are still intact.
Download the map here.