Grant Road Historic District
The Grant Road Historic District is located in the Tenleytown neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
The Grant Road Historic District is located in the Tenleytown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The two-block historic district is what remains of a former settlement in rural Washington County in the District of Columbia. It includes 13 contributing buildings and the road itself, a narrow remnant of a country road that was used by soldiers in the Civil War. Following the war, the road was named after Civil War general and president Ulysses S. Grant. Grant Road developed into a residential street lined with mostly small, two-story homes for working-class people.
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Worth seeing in and around Grant Road Historic District
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Washington National Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the City and Episcopal Diocese of Washington, commonly known as Washington National Cathedral or National Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Episcopal Church. It is located in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States.
2.1 km · Neo-Gothic cathedral located in Washington, D.C. · Wikipedia - 02Orthodox Church in America
The Orthodox Church in America is an Eastern Orthodox Christian church based in North America. The OCA consists of more than 680 parishes, missions, communities, monasteries and institutions in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
2.7 km · Russian Orthodox church in North America, granted autocephaly in 1970 by the Patriarchate of Moscow · Wikipedia - 03American University
The American University is a private federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Its main campus spans 90 acres on Ward Circle, in the Spring Valley and Tenleytown neighborhoods of Northwest D.C. American was chartered by an Act of Congress in 1893 at the urging of Methodist bishop John Fletcher Hurst, who sought to create an institution that promoted public service, internationalism, and pragmatic idealism.
1.6 km · private liberal arts and research-based university in Washington, D.C., USA · Wikipedia - 04United States Naval Observatory
The United States Naval Observatory is a scientific and military facility that produces geopositioning, navigation and timekeeping data for the United States Navy and the United States Department of Defense. Established in 1830 as the Depot of Charts and Instruments, it is one of the oldest scientific agencies in the United States, and remains a leading facility for astronomical and timing data.
3.1 km · scientific agency and observatory in Washington, D.C., United States · Wikipedia - 05National Zoological Park
The Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, commonly known as the National Zoological Park or simply the National Zoo, is one of the oldest zoos in the United States. The zoo is part of the Smithsonian Institution and does not charge admission.
3.1 km · zoological park in Washington, D.C., United States · Wikipedia - 06Dumbarton Oaks
Dumbarton Oaks, formally the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, is a historic estate in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was the residence and gardens of wealthy U.S. diplomat Robert Woods Bliss and his wife Mildred Barnes Bliss. The estate was founded by the Bliss couple, who gave the home and gardens to Harvard University in 1940.
4 km · research institution concerning Byzantine and Pre-Columbian studies and garden and landscape studies · Wikipedia - 07Islamic Center of Washington
The Islamic Center of Washington is a mosque and Islamic cultural center in Washington, D.C. It is located on Embassy Row on Massachusetts Avenue just east of the bridge over Rock Creek. When it opened in 1957, it was the largest mosque in the Western Hemisphere.
3.9 km · mosque in Washington, D.C. · Wikipedia - 08University of the District of Columbia
The University of the District of Columbia is a public historically black land-grant university in Washington, D.C., United States. The only public university in the city, it traces its origins to 1851 and opened in its modern form in 1977.
1 km · public university in Washington, D.C. · Wikipedia - 09Rock Creek Park
Rock Creek Park is a large urban park that bisects the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. Created by Act of Congress in 1890, the park comprises 1,754 acres, generally along Rock Creek, a tributary of the Potomac River. More than two million people visit the park each year, many to use recreation facilities such as its golf course; hiking, biking, and equestrian trails; tennis center; nature center; playgrounds, and picnic facilities.
2.2 km · urban park in Washington, D.C. · Wikipedia - 10Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens is a decorative arts and historic house museum in Washington, D.C. The former residence of businesswoman and philanthropist Marjorie Merriweather Post, Hillwood is known for its decorative arts collection that focuses heavily on the House of Romanov, including two Fabergé eggs. Other highlights are 18th and 19th-century French art and one of the country's finest orchid collections.
2.1 km · decorative arts museum in Washington, D.C., USA · Wikipedia
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Getting to Grant Road Historic District
- Airports
- Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA), 11 km · Washington Dulles (IAD), 33 km · Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI), 43 km
- Stations
- Cleveland Park, 2.1 km · Van Ness–UDC, 1.2 km · Woodley Park, 3.4 km · Friendship Heights, 1.5 km · Tenleytown–AU, 300 m
- Baltimore → Grant Road Historic District55 km · quickest by road, 1h 24m · $5–7
- Richmond → Grant Road Historic District158 km · quickest by road, 2h 52m · $14–19
- Philadelphia → Grant Road Historic District199 km · quickest by road, 3h 47m · $18–24
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Grant Road Historic District
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Grant Road Historic District. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inPotomac Riverboat Company operates water taxis from Alexandria to Georgetown ($21 one-way) with narrated tours of the monuments.
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Next door to Grant Road Historic District
Grant Road Historic District is 7 km from Washington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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