Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Historic District
National Register of Historic Places

Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Historic District

Washington, District of Columbia County, District of Columbia
Listed
May 3, 2005
Type
District
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
05000367

About this property

The Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, informally called the Rock Creek Parkway, is a parkway maintained by the National Park Service as part of Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C. It runs next to the Potomac River and Rock Creek in a generally north–south direction, carrying four lanes of traffic from the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington Memorial Bridge north to a junction with Beach Drive near Connecticut Avenue at Calvert Street, N.W., just south of the National Zoological Park. During rush hours, the parkway is converted to one-way traffic corresponding to the peak direction of travel: southbound in the morning and northbound in the afternoon. The Parkway was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 4, 2005. Built from 1923 to 1936, it is "one of the best-preserved examples of the earliest stage of motor parkway development".

Location

Washington, District of Columbia County, District of Columbia
38.91561, -77.05275

Categories

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTENGINEERINGLANDSCAPE ARCHITECTUREENTERTAINMENT/RECREATION
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Historic District listed on the National Register?

Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 3, 2005.

What type of historic resource is Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Historic District?

Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Historic District?

The period of significance for Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Historic District is recorded as the civil_war era.

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