The Metropolitan Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was a major development in Washington transportation history. It ran right through the farm of Colonel Brooks, who was not pleased.
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Robert Ridgway was a self-taught ornithologist who rose to become Curator of Birds at the Smithsonian Institution. His Brookland home was an oasis for bird and plant life.
The story of the Brooks Mansion, built by Colonel Jehiel Brooks from 1838-1840. He lived there until his death in 1886.
Street names often underwent a number of changes as the city expanded. Developer street-naming could give the Post Office big problems.
Bygone Brookland 