Dumbarton Bridge (Washington, D.C.)

Dumbarton Bridge (Washington, D.C.)
Dumbarton Bridge
One of four buffalo sculptures on the Dumbarton Bridge, created by Alexander Phimister Proctor
Location: Q Street, Northwest
over Rock Creek Park
Washington, D.C.
Coordinates: 38°54′38″N 77°3′5″W / 38.91056°N 77.05139°W / 38.91056; -77.05139Coordinates: 38°54′38″N 77°3′5″W / 38.91056°N 77.05139°W / 38.91056; -77.05139
Built: 1915
Architect: Glenn Brown
Alexander Proctor
Architectural style: Romanesque Revival
Governing body: Local
NRHP Reference#: 73002080[1]
Added to NRHP: July 16, 1973

The Dumbarton Bridge, also known as the Q Street Bridge and the Buffalo Bridge, is a historic masonry arch bridge in Washington, D.C. It was built in 1914-15 to convey Q Street Northwest across Rock Creek Park between the city's Dupont Circle and Georgetown neighborhoods. The bridge is famed for its four buffalo sculptures by Alexander Phimister Proctor.[2]

The bridge is curved because the section of Q Street NW in Dupont Circle is slightly north of the section in Georgetown. To accommodate the bridge’s approach on the Georgetown side, the Dumbarton House was moved a few blocks westward, from its original site next to Rock Creek to its present position on the north side of the 2700 block of Q Street.[2]

The Dumbarton Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 16, 1973.[1]

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