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Petworth is a residential neighborhood in the Northwest quadrant
Washington, D.C. (northwest)

Northwest is the northwestern Quadrants of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, and is located north of the National Mall and west of North Capitol Street....
 of Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
, bounded by Georgia Avenue
Georgia Avenue

Georgia Avenue is a major north-south artery in Northwest, Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. and Montgomery County, Maryland. Within the District of Columbia, Georgia Avenue is also U.S....
 to the west, North Capitol Street to the east, Rock Creek Church Road to the south, and Kennedy Street NW to the north. Petworth and the rest of Ward 4
List of neighborhoods of the District of Columbia by ward

The Washington, DC is divided into eight ward s and 37 Advisory Neighborhood Commissions within these wards. The total number of named neighborhoods is 127....
 are represented in the Council of the District of Columbia
Council of the District of Columbia

The Council of the District of Columbia is the legislative branch of the local government of Washington, D.C. Because the United States Constitution places the District of Columbia under the sole control of United States Congress, all acts of the council are subject to congressional override, and thus the council has less power than most cit...
 by Muriel Bowser
Muriel Bowser

Muriel Bowser is a Democratic Party politician in Washington, D.C. She is a member of the Council of the District of Columbia representing List of neighborhoods of the District of Columbia by ward#Ward 4....
.

The neighborhood was originally the site of two separate country estates in Washington County, D.C.
Washington County, D.C.

The County of Washington is one of the five political entities contained within the geographic region comprising what was originally the 100-square-mile District of Columbia....
, a then-unincorporated part of the District of Columbia: Petworth, the estate of Col.






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Petworth is a residential neighborhood in the Northwest quadrant
Washington, D.C. (northwest)

Northwest is the northwestern Quadrants of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, and is located north of the National Mall and west of North Capitol Street....
 of Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
, bounded by Georgia Avenue
Georgia Avenue

Georgia Avenue is a major north-south artery in Northwest, Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. and Montgomery County, Maryland. Within the District of Columbia, Georgia Avenue is also U.S....
 to the west, North Capitol Street to the east, Rock Creek Church Road to the south, and Kennedy Street NW to the north. Petworth and the rest of Ward 4
List of neighborhoods of the District of Columbia by ward

The Washington, DC is divided into eight ward s and 37 Advisory Neighborhood Commissions within these wards. The total number of named neighborhoods is 127....
 are represented in the Council of the District of Columbia
Council of the District of Columbia

The Council of the District of Columbia is the legislative branch of the local government of Washington, D.C. Because the United States Constitution places the District of Columbia under the sole control of United States Congress, all acts of the council are subject to congressional override, and thus the council has less power than most cit...
 by Muriel Bowser
Muriel Bowser

Muriel Bowser is a Democratic Party politician in Washington, D.C. She is a member of the Council of the District of Columbia representing List of neighborhoods of the District of Columbia by ward#Ward 4....
.

The neighborhood was originally the site of two separate country estates in Washington County, D.C.
Washington County, D.C.

The County of Washington is one of the five political entities contained within the geographic region comprising what was originally the 100-square-mile District of Columbia....
, a then-unincorporated part of the District of Columbia: Petworth, the estate of Col. John Tayloe, and the Marshall Brown estate, which eventually also became the property of the Tayloe family. In the late 1880s, after the estates had become part of the city, two real-estate investment partnerships purchased the estates for development. The neighborhood bloomed with the expansion of the streetcar line
Washington streetcars

For just under 100 years, between 1862 and 1962, streetcars in Washington, D.C. transported people across the city and region.The first streetcars in Washington D.C....
 up Georgia Avenue
Georgia Avenue

Georgia Avenue is a major north-south artery in Northwest, Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. and Montgomery County, Maryland. Within the District of Columbia, Georgia Avenue is also U.S....
 (then known as Seventh Street Extended or Brightwood Avenue) from Florida Avenue (Boundary Street) to the Washington DC line at Silver Spring, Maryland
Silver Spring, Maryland

Silver Spring is an urbanized, unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. After Baltimore, Maryland and Columbia, Maryland, the Silver Spring Census-designated place is the third most populous place in Maryland....
.

Many of the thousands of similar brick row houses in the neighborhood were constructed by Cafritz Builders and also by D.J. Dunigan Company in the 1920s and 30s. Dunigan personally donated the land that became the site for St. Gabriel's Church and School adjacent to Grant Circle
Grant Circle

Grant Circle is at the intersection of New Hampshire and Illinois Avenues and Varnum and 5th Streets. It is located in the Petworth, Washington, D.C....
.

Today, the neighborhood is primarily residential with a mix of townhouses
Terraced house

In architecture and city planning, a terrace or row house or townhouse is a style of medium-density housing that originated in Europe in the late 17th century, where a row of identical or mirror-image houses share side walls....
 and single-family homes. It is served by the Georgia Ave-Petworth
Georgia Ave-Petworth (Washington Metro)

Georgia Ave-Petworth is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C., on the Green Line . It is served also by the Yellow Line during off-peak times....
 station on the Washington Metro
Washington Metro

The Washington Metro is the rapid transit system in Washington, D.C. and its surrounding suburbs. The system is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ....
's Green Line
Green Line (Washington Metro)

The Green Line of the Washington Metro consists of 21 rapid transit metro station from Branch Avenue to Greenbelt . It starts in Prince George's County, Maryland, Maryland, runs through all four quadrants of the District of Columbia, and exits back out into Prince George's County....
 and Yellow Line
Yellow Line (Washington Metro)

The Yellow Line of the Washington Metro consists of 17 rapid transit metro station from Huntington to Fort Totten . The line terminates at the Mount Vernon Square/7th Street-Convention Center station during peak hours....
. Petworth is home to two expanses of historic greenspace, Rock Creek Cemetery
Rock Creek Cemetery

Rock Creek Cemetery is an cemetery with a natural rolling landscape located at Rock Creek Church Road, NW, and Webster Street, NW, in the Petworth, Washington, D.C....
 and the US Soldiers' and Airmens' Home (now known as the Armed Forces Retirement Home).

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