Forest Hills (Washington, D.C.)
Forest Hills | |
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Neighborhood of Washington, D.C. | |
Coordinates: 38°57′02″N 77°03′29″W / 38.9505°N 77.058°W | |
Country | United States |
District | Washington, D.C. |
Ward | Ward 3 |
Government | |
• Councilmember | Matthew Frumin |
Forest Hills is a residential neighborhood in the northwest quadrant of
Transit
Forest Hills is served by the Red Line of the Washington Metro and the Crosstown Line (H2, H3, and H4) and Connecticut Avenue Line (L1, L2, and L4) of the D.C. Metrobus.[1][2]
Points of interest
Forest Hills contains the former site of the
The Howard University School of Law campus is across Connecticut Avenue from UDC on Upton Street NW. The Levine School of Music is located on Upton Street, in the building originally occupied by the Carnegie Geophysical Laboratory. The Edmund Burke School, founded in 1968, is located on Upton Street, in the building that was originally occupied by Devitt Prep.
The Hillwood Museum, located in a house that once belonged to philanthropist and socialite Marjorie Merriweather Post, contains her collection of decorative objects, including several Fabergé eggs.
The embassies of the
The Seventh-day Adventist Capital Memorial Church is located at 3150 Chesapeake Street NW.[4]
History
The National Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology) was at one time the largest employer in the neighborhood.[5]
Due to an absence of restricted housing covenants as in other, similarly situated neighborhoods, the Forest Hills neighborhood became predominantly Jewish during the 1940s and 1950s.[6]
References
- ^ "H2,3,4 Crosstown Line" (PDF). Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. 19 Dec 2010. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
- ^ "L1,2,4 Connecticut Avenue Line" (PDF). Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. 19 Dec 2010. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
- OCLC 13268745.
- ^ "Capital Memorial Church of Seventh Day Adventists | Home".
- ISBN 0-7385-4299-7.
- ^ "Restrictions". Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
External links
- ANC 3F, Forest Hills Advisory Neighborhood Commission
- Forest Hills Metro Station Info from Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority