Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-14
BEAUTIES OF LEADING SUBURB
CLEVELAND PARK PECULIARLY
A RESIDENCE SECTION.
Fine Views, Good Air and All the Conc
veniences of a City
Home.

Cleveland Park was practically dis
covered by the President whose name it
bears. Prior to the time that Grover Cleve-
land bought his summer home on the
heights above Washington and chrlstcncd
it Red Top people did not know the
value and the beauty of the section. There
were "A few scattered. old-fashoned coun-
try places In the region-places that most-
ly had been in the hands of the same OWL
ers for generations. But the idea that the
region was naturally one of the best for
building purposes around Washington
never seemed to have occurred to any one
With the advent of the President, however.
it began to be looked upon with more favor.
The Glover place mile away on the Other
side of the Tenleytown road was just be-
ginning to emerge from the condition of a
deserted cornfiefd on a rain washed slope
to what is now a beautiful modern country
place. Then w. c. Whitney established
himself at Grasslands. q little to the north
and west, and later John r. Mclean ac-
quired "Friendship," lust across the road
from the Presidents home
Meantime the wise ones had begun to
discover the possibilities of Cleveland Park
and the suburb was laid out and gradually
connected with the city systems of sewer
water, gas and electricity. Ii was the
first and has been regarded as the best
of the high-class residential suburbs and
with the Improvement of street car con-
nectionS 1t is now nearer in point of time
and convenience to the center OF the city
than Dupont circle ten or fifteen years
ago. The section enjoys all the convenience
OF the city that even the best-stuat"d
downtown district can claim, and IT is
as free from crowding and annoyance -
though Ii were in the heart of the Adiruu-
dackS.
Supplied With Police.
The park has a special detail of policn-
men, TO accommodate whom there has been
erected an attractive little house that forms
at the same time police station and a
home for the chemical fire engine. which is
a regular part of the District fire depart
ment. The region has all the conveniences
Of the city in winter and the GOODNESS and
freshness of the country in summer
Cleveland Park lies little to the south
and east of Chevy Chase and a little to tho
north and west of the new Rock Creek Park
bridge, on which the government is spend
ing close to 81 100000 The park overlooks
the whole of Washington and the valley
of the Potomac. From almost every house,
in the park there is a different view OF
the country to the south, and the only
question is which one Is the most attractive
The sixty houses that now fill without
crowding the park are each "a model Of
architecture, and with single exception
there Is not repetition of design in tho
whole collection. Some of these homes
dTt INQUEST III COSI anu uGSlSn ana others
are expensive residences. All of them are
picturesque and an adornment to the neigh
borhood. The elevation of the park Is 800
feet above sea level, and of this rise 80
feet is above the level of the White House.
Prominent Residents.
Among the homes of noted people either
in or directly around the park are those OF
Admiral Dewey, Mrs. Gardiner G. Hub
bard, Senator Newlands, Chas. j. Ben.
president of the American Security ana
Mr.. Q. T. Crosby. 1t is rather a remark
able fact that while the agency of Clcvc-
land Park is exclusively in the hands Of
Moore and Hill, number of the most
prominent real estate dealers in Washing
ton have their homes there. This alone il
a fair indication of the deslrability of tho
place for residences.
The park is so close to the city and the
car facilities are SO good that il needs
no separate schools or churches of its own.
There are two lines of cars, ei..ler of which
lands passengers from the park in tho
heart of Washington in from fifteen 10
twenty minutes. Thus the residents are in
es IN the city.
just adjoining the park and the Episcopal
School for Girls and the beautiful little
st. Adams Chapel are practically in tho
park Itself. The Catholic Academy of the
Holy Cross has just purchased a tract of
twenty-five acres on the Dumbarton estate
close by, and will erect there fine semi
ladies'