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NFS Form 10-900-a 0MB Approval No. 1024-0018 (M6) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet CLEVELAND PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT WASHINGTON D.C. Section number 8 Page 17 training from M.I.T. and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He became well known in New England for his design of college buildings, especially for Williams and Vassar. Later in partnership with Charles Collens the firm, Alien and Collens, was recognized for their Gothic Revival churches and were employed to design the Riverside Church and the Cloisters Museum both j.n New York. Gardiner Green Hubbard was also from Boston, but his work drew him to Washington. Hubbard 1 s foresight in providing financial backing to Alexander Graham Bell led to the invention of the telephone, and his leadership in establishing the forerunner of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company brought about the widespread distribution of telephone services. Hubbard was also responsible for the founding of the National Geographic Society. Twin Oaks was the summer gathering spot for the entire Hubbard family including Alexander Graham Bell who was married to Hubbard's daughter, Mabel. The entire estate is a local landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. TREGARON (prior to 1941 called The Causeway) In 1912 James Parmelee, an Ohio financeer, built a country house now known as Tregaron on 20 acres of land which he had purchased from Hubbard's daughter Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell. Parmelee hired the foremost country house architect of the period Charles Adams Platt to design the Neo-Georgian mansion and the extensive landscaped gardens and woodland paths. Platt was born in New York and became first an etcher, then a painter, thirdly a landscape designer and eventually an architect. He achieved national prominence in all these fields. Platt's goal always was that a harmony should be achieved between the design of the house and its grounds, and Tregaron exemplifies this successfully. Marjorie Merriweather Post and her husband Ambassador Joseph Davies bought Tregaron after the death of the Parmelees and made some alterations to house their extensive Russian collections. Joseph E. Davies was a lawyer/diplomat who played a vital role in the relations between the Soviet Union and the United States before and during World War II. Marjorie Merriweather Post was a prominent patron of the arts well known for her Russian collections acquired while her husband was Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1936-38. The entire 20 acre Tregaron estate is a D.C. Landmark. THE HOMESTEAD or "LA QUINTA" In 1914 the last country house in Cleveland Park was designed by Frederick Bennett Pyle on five acres of land east of Connecticut Avenue majestically overlooking Rock Creek Park. Prominent merchant and philanthropist, David Joseph Kaufman and his wife Clara J. Luchs Kaufman were the first residents of "The Homestead," as they called it. This house at 2700 Macomb was enlarged and given the appearance of a Georgian Mansion in 1930 by
NFS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 10244018 (M6) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet CLEVELAND PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT WASHINGTON D.C. Section number 8 Page 18 Ward Brown for diplomat Walter H. Schoellkopfs and his wife, Anna Johnston Schoellkopf. They entertained lavishly when in residence, and when posted overseas in Spain and elsewhere, leased the house to a series of noteworthy Washingtonians (among them Ambassador Davies and Mrs. Post before they bought Tregaron). In 1945 the newly independent Indian government purchased the house to be the residence for the Indian Ambassador. The first ambassadors were relatives of Prime Minister Jawaharal Nehru. Nehru and his daughter Indira Gandhi visited the Embassy and in fact did some entertaining of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson at the house. Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and his wife were its most recent illustrious guests. SUMMARY The individual significance of these estates has been recognized; three of them have been designated as historic landmarks. They are an important part of the Cleveland Park Historic District because they contribute significantly to an understanding of the history of the District of Columbia and to its pattern of growth from its inception in the 1790's to the present time. These estates are living reminders of the history of this area and of the way in which the city grew and expanded to encompass them. They have all survived because alternate uses have been found for them which are compatible with the urban neighborhood and with the buildings and their grounds. These estates, with their generous grounds, provide variety and open space along the streets of Cleveland Park creating one of the most significant visual characteristics of the historic district.
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