It was once called “Metropolis View,” but was renamed Edgewood by the Chief Justice of the United States and his beautiful daughter. A story of wealth and scandal.
Tag: DC history
Racially-restrictive housing covenants were a vicious tool to keep neighborhoods white. A block of Kearny Street provides an example.
A look at the houses built before Brookland was first subdivided in 1887 that still stand.
The story of Greenvale and William Hickey, who owned the land that would become the National Arboretum.
Crossing the Metropolitan Branch railroad tracks was important to the development of the neighborhood. The Monroe Street Bridge was the first.
One of the original landowners of Washington DC was buried here in the early days of the city. The grave led to a feud between Colonel Brooks and a well-known politician.
The history of cemeteries in Washington DC, focusing on those near to Brookland.
James and Jesse Sherwood were developers as well as residents of the growing neighborhood of Brookland. Their story encapsulates the early history of the neighborhood.
The story of Brookland Hardware, from it’s opening in 1924 to its close in 2015.
Bygone Brookland 