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The Causeway (Washington, D.C.)
Tregaron Estate, formerly known as The Causeway, is a country house and estate located in the Cleveland Park, Washington, D.C., Cleveland Park neighborhood of Northwest, Washington, D.C., Northwest, Washington, D.C. The estate, built in 1912, was designed by architect Charles A. Platt, Charles Adams Platt and landscape architect Ellen Biddle Shipman. The original owners, Alice and James Parmelee, lived at the estate from the time of its construction until 1940. From 1942 to 1958, it was occupied by Joseph E. Davies, who had served as United States ambassador to several countries, and his second wife, Post (cereal company), Post Cereal Company heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post. Today the estate is occupied by a campus of the Washington International School and the Tregaron Conservancy. Grounds The estate covers . In addition to the mansion, it includes a carriage house, greenhouse, gardener's residence, and a Russian architecture, Russian-style dacha added by Ambassador and Mrs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klingle Road
The Klingle Valley Trail is a trail in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. In 1990, erosion led to the closure of a 0.75-mile section of the road between Cortland Place and Porter Street. This touched off a decades-long dispute between people who wanted the road repaired and those who wanted to keep the portion in Rock Creek Park free of automobile traffic. In 2017, that portion of Klingle Road became Klingle Valley Trail, reserved for hikers and bicyclists. Location The valley forms the boundary between the Woodley Park neighborhood to the south and the Cleveland Park neighborhood to the north. A small stream, usually called Klingle Creek (but sometimes the Klingle Tributary), flows through it, and empties into Rock Creek. Much of the valley is administered by the National Park Service as a part of Rock Creek Park. The mouth of the valley joins the mouth of another narrow valley occupied by Porter Street. History Formerly Klingle Ford Road, Klingle Road became a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
