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Grant Road Historic District
Historic district in Washington, D.C., United States

Grant Road Historic District

The Grant Road Historic District is located in the Tenleytown neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

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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.

How locals move

Getting around Grant Road Historic District the local way

  • Get inPotomac Riverboat Company operates water taxis from Alexandria to Georgetown ($21 one-way) with narrated tours of the monuments.

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