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Penn Branch is a neighborhood in 
Penn Branch Citizens Civic Association (PBCCA)
* http://www.hillcrestdc.com * http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Penn-Branch-Washington-DC.html
Naylor Dupont
A local blog by Penn Branch native, Mel Dyer Neighborhoods in Southeast (Washington, D.C.) {{WashingtonDC-geo-stub
Southeast
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Washington, D.C.
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, east of the Anacostia River
The Anacostia River is a river in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States. It flows from Prince George's County in Maryland into Washington, D.C., where it joins with the Washington Channel to empty into the Potomac River at Buzzard Poi ...
. It is bounded by Pennsylvania Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue is a diagonal street in Washington, D.C., and Prince George's County, Maryland, that connects the White House and the United States Capitol and then crosses the city to Maryland. In Maryland it is also Maryland Route 4 (MD ...
SE to the south; Pope Branch Park and Pope Creek to the north; Branch Avenue to the west; and Fort Davis Park to the east. ‘Penn Branch’, takes its name from its location at the intersection of two major thoroughfares, Pennsylvania and Branch Avenue (the Washington continuation of Maryland Route 5
Maryland Route 5 (MD 5) is a long state highway that runs north–south in the U.S. state of Maryland. The highway runs from Point Lookout in St. Mary's County north to the Washington, D.C. border in Suitland, Prince George's County. M ...
).
Penn Branch and neighboring Hillcrest, Fort Dupont and Dupont Park are conveniently located close to the rapidly developing Capitol Hill and is about 15 minutes from the U.S. Capitol. The area is convenient to the Southeast-Southwest Freeway, and is also popular for its treelined streets, American Craftsman
American Craftsman is an American domestic architectural style, inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, which included interior design, landscape design, applied arts, and decorative arts, beginning in the last years of the 19th century. ...
bungalow
A bungalow is a small house or cottage that is either single- story or has a second story built into a sloping roof (usually with dormer windows), and may be surrounded by wide verandas.
The first house in England that was classified as ...
, Federal , Mid-Atlantic Colonial Revival, and Tudor Revival
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homes.hillcrestdc.com The area has an altitude higher than most of Washington.
References
External links
Penn Branch Citizens Civic Association (PBCCA)
* http://www.hillcrestdc.com * http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Penn-Branch-Washington-DC.html
Naylor Dupont
A local blog by Penn Branch native, Mel Dyer Neighborhoods in Southeast (Washington, D.C.) {{WashingtonDC-geo-stub