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Rock Creek Park Historic District
- Also Known As: Reservation 339 also 69000014 also 73000223 also 80000348 also 90001295 also 73000222
- Vicinity: Roughly, Rock Creek Park From Klingle Rd to Montgomery County line
| Place | Type | AsNotedIn | Area |
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| Place | Type | AsNotedIn | Area |
| Fort DeRussy Washington DC |
Timeline
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| John Charles Olmsted | Architect | |||||
| Frederick Law Olmsted Jr | Architect | |||||
| 1825/00/00 | Joshua Pierce | Home | Horticulturalist, Joshua Pierce cultivates a wide variety of plants on his estate. | |||
| 1883/00/00 | Joaquin Miller | Architect | Joaquin Miller builds a log cabin, home from 1883 to 1885 | |||
| 1889/00/00 | Lucy Sprigg Madison Dos Passos | Life | Lucy Madison nurses John R Dos Passos's siege of brain fever at her home near the lower end of Rock Creek Park, 2022 F Street (lost) in Washington, DC. Dos Passos suffered a head wound while horseback riding in Rock Creek Park. | |||
| 1915/03/00 | Edith Wilson | Life | Edith Galt muddies her shoes on a walk through Rock Creek Park with Helen Woodrow Bones. Afterwards, Helen takes Edith to tea at the White House. Helen Bones is President Wilson's first cousin. | Marriage of Edith Bolling Galt and Woodrow Wilson | ||
| 1915/05/05 | Cary Travers Grayson | Life | As Dr Grayson rides by on a horse, Edith burst into tears. When Dr Grayson ask whats wrong, Edith responds that she simply tripped. | Marriage of Edith Bolling Galt and Woodrow Wilson | ||
| 1915/05/05 | Edith Wilson | Life | Resting on a rock in Rock Creek, Bones tells Edith that Cousin Wilson looks really ill. Bones burst into tears, "Just as I thought some happiness was coming into his life! And now you are breaking his heart." | Marriage of Edith Bolling Galt and Woodrow Wilson | ||
| 1915/05/05 | Edith Wilson | Life | Beginning to feel like an "ogre," Galt responses, I can not "consent to something I did not feel." I'm "playing with fire where he was concerned, for his whole nature was intense and did not willingly wait, but that I must have time to know my own heart". | Marriage of Edith Bolling Galt and Woodrow Wilson | ||
| 1936/11/07 | Jean Jules Jusserand | In Memoriam | In Rock Creek Park, US President Franklin D Roosevelt dedicates a pink granite bench in the honor of the French Ambassador to the United States, Jean Jules Jusserand. It is the first memorial erected on Federal property to a foreign diplomat. |
Places
| Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
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| Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
| Boulder Bridge and Ross Drive Bridge |
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| Pierce Mill |
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| Pierce Springhouse and Barn |
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| Pierce Still House |
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| Pierce-Klingle Mansion |
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Data »
| Particulars for Rock Creek Park Historic District: | |
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| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Area of Significance | Community Planning and Development |
| Area of Significance | Conservation |
| Historic Use | Conservation Area |
| Architectural Style | Early republic |
| Area of Significance | Engineering |
| Area of Significance | Entertainment - Recreation |
| Owner | Federal |
| Structure Type | Fortification |
| Sight Category | Historic District |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Area of Significance | Industry |
| Area of Significance | Landscape Architecture |
| Architectural Style | Late 19th and 20th century revivals |
| Historic Use | Manufacturing facility |
| Area of Significance | Military |
| Attribute | Moved property |
| Historic Use | Outdoor recreation |
| Architectural Style | Park Service Rustic |
| Criteria | Person |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
| Owner | State |