page_title: Montrose Park
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Montrose Park / History
caption_attribution_description: English: A map of Georgetown Heights prior to the creation of Dumbarton Oaks Park, Dumbarton Oaks Gardens and Montrose Park, showing the proposed location of Montrose Park. From the Evening Star, 29 March 1908, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress.
context_page_description: The Montrose Park is a public park, owned by the federal government, located in the 3000 block of R Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Georgetown neighborhood.
  It is located between Dumbarton Oaks Park, and Oak Hill Cemetery.
  Both Montrose Park and Dumbarton Oaks Park were jointly listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 28, 1967. Montrose Park obtained an individual listing on 2007.
  In addition to a large children's play area in the back of the park, there are two sets of tennis courts, as well as open space with footwalks and trails which lead into Rock Creek Park.
context_section_description: It was early owned by ropemaker Robert Parrott, who allowed the community to use it as a picnicing ground. Sarah Louisa Rittenhouse successfully led a group to lobby Congress to acquire the property as an addition to Rock Creek Park. The park retains a 500 ft (0.15 km) long ropewalk which was used from 1804 to 1814.
caption: A map of Georgetown Heights prior to the creation of Dumbarton Oaks Park, Dumbarton Oaks Gardens and Montrose Park, showing the proposed location of Montrose Park.[4]
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