Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-28

try home or their summer home, place
of historic interest and sylvan and floral
beauty called Green Hill. The Rambler
mad, mention of the fact that this coun-
try seat was the death place and the
burial place of Pierre Charles l. Enfant,
the French military engineer whose mind
conceived and whose hand executed the
plan on which the city of Washington
was laid out He performed other notable
public service. but of that hereafter.
Green Hill stands on high land at the
southeastern tip of the rolling and ele-
waited region between Sligo branch and
Northwest branch. a mile north of the
confluence of those picturesque streams
though Sligo branch in its southeasterly
course flows quite close and nearly
parallel to the narrowing ridge on the
tip of which Green Hill stands. North
west branch in its southerly course from
Riggs mill to its junction with Sligo
branch parallels the eastern side OF the
Green Hill ridge about half mile TO the
west of the hall and its gardens. 1t Is
four miles northwest from HyattsV1lle
by a good road which carries the trav-
eler over generally level and fertile coun-
try. II is one and one-half miles north
east of the eastern boundary of the Dis
trict at the point where the District line
intersects the Riggs road. something over
three-quarters of a mile easterly and
northerly of Stotts station. on the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad. and five miles in
an air line and probably six over the
curvings of the road from the intersec-
ton of Georgia avenue and the ROCK
Creek Church road.
The usual way of travel from the city
is that which the Rambler followed.
In passing over the Rock Creek Church
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Upshur street you have the Soldiers
Home on the right and Rock Creek
Church and cemetery on the left hand.
After passing the point where the
Hardwood road leads to the southeast
you see the acres of pallid headstones
in the Soldiers Home National Gene
terry and for quite a distance on the
left is the high iron fence backed by
higher pivot hedge which bounds beau
tiful Rock Creek cemetery. Further
down the road the hedge is not SO
high and YOU see the hundreds. per-
haps thousands, of tombs in Rock
Creek cemetery. most of them lovingly
tended and many frightened with flow
ers when the Rambler passed that way.
On the right hand, closely strung
along the road and close to it, are nu-
merous frame houses. humble. but pre-
sumably holding their share of happi-
ness. The Rambler asked wayfarer
travelling in the opposite direction what
the name of the settlement was. and the
answer sounded like Rupperville or
Ruppertville.
Leaving behind this roadside fringe
of dwellings. green fields stretch away
to the right, and you are approac ching
Woodburn. rough and shady road
strikes off to the right. skirting the
base of wooded height on which you
know are thicket-grown bitches and
ridges. which nearly half century ago
was Fort Totten. link in the northern
line Of civil war defenses of Washing
ton. Soon after the Shepherd road
strikes off to the left and would lead
you If you followed it to Brightwood.
4 few PAGES farther along you come to
the parting of the ways and to the
end of the Rock Creek Church road
Two ways call you. that leading nearly
straight ahead is the Blair road, pass
ing the site of Fort Slocum and carry
ing Its travellers to Takoma, and the
way veering to the right is the Riggs
road.
A hundred or so yards to the left and