National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
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NFS <strong>Form</strong> 10-900-a 0MB Approval No. 1024-0018<br />
(M6)<br />
United States Department <strong>of</strong> the Interior<br />
<strong>National</strong> Park Service<br />
<strong>National</strong> <strong>Register</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Historic</strong> <strong>Places</strong><br />
Continuation Sheet<br />
CLEVELAND PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT<br />
7 18 WASHINGTON D.C.<br />
Section number ____ Page ____<br />
Rives Carroll, Director <strong>of</strong> the Cleveland Park Neighborhood History<br />
Project, has found through her oral interviews that CONTINUITY is one <strong>of</strong> the<br />
most significant ingredients in the existence <strong>of</strong> a strong sense <strong>of</strong> community<br />
identity in Cleveland Park.<br />
There is a continuity <strong>of</strong> spirit.<br />
It is a close-knit neighborhood where people work together on projects and<br />
become friends. Newcomers can easily become assimilated into the neighborhood<br />
by working on these projects, and this comradery has been alive from the<br />
earliest days <strong>of</strong> Cleveland Park.<br />
There is a continuity <strong>of</strong> purpose and interests.<br />
Neighbors have been drawn together by their common concern for education.<br />
They have joined together in support <strong>of</strong> the John Eaton School and the<br />
Cleveland Park Library. Neighbors have also worked together to establish<br />
recreational facilities and special activities. Finally neighbors have banded<br />
together to fight to maintain the neighborhood which they value so much -they<br />
have made demands <strong>of</strong> developers city planners, and traffic engineers to<br />
preserve the special character <strong>of</strong> Cleveland Park.<br />
There is a continuity <strong>of</strong> community activities.<br />
The Cleveland Park Club functions, the sledding on Macomb Street, the yearly<br />
house tour and the annual Block and Halloween Parties, are valued activities<br />
which have in the past and continue in the present to form strong bonds among<br />
neighbors <strong>of</strong> all ages. Through the book and garden clubs, the Cleveland Park<br />
Camp and the babysitting coop longlasting friendships are made.<br />
There is a continuity <strong>of</strong> family life orientation.<br />
Intergenerational friendships are valued and encouraged as whole blocks are<br />
perceived <strong>of</strong> as extended families with surrogate grandparents, adopted aunts<br />
and uncles, brothers and sisters. Cleveland Park is viewed as a neighborhood<br />
which is conducive to raising a family in a nurturing environment. It is a<br />
place where whole families interact and form friendships. It is a<br />
neighborhood which has been so loved by some children that they have chosen to<br />
remain here as adults sometimes living in the house in which they gtew up.<br />
There is a continuity <strong>of</strong> small shops and dedicated shopkeepers.<br />
The neighbors have long valued the convenience <strong>of</strong> the nearby shops which<br />
provide most <strong>of</strong> the necessities and which <strong>of</strong>fer personal attention and special<br />
friendships.<br />
There is a continuity <strong>of</strong> the tradition <strong>of</strong> convenient and quick public<br />
transportation linking Cleveland Park to the central city for work and play.<br />
Since the opening <strong>of</strong> the streetcars on Wisconsin and then Connecticut Avenue<br />
the residents <strong>of</strong> Cleveland Park have valued their closeness to the central<br />
city and all <strong>of</strong> the accompanying conveniences. The streetcars were replaced<br />
by the buses which have now been superseded by the new metro system.