Glover Park

Glover Park is a neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C., about a half mile north of Georgetown and just west of the Vice Presidential Mansion and the U.S. Naval Observatory.

The neighborhood's western border is an extension of Rock Creek Park called Glover-Archbold Park (named after Charles Carroll Glover and Anne Mills Archbold, who each donated part of the land). Glover Park's northern border is Fulton Street, near the Washington National Cathedral, and its southern border is Whitehaven Park, another branch of Rock Creek Park, and beyond that the Burleith neighborhood. To the east of the neighborhood lies Woodley Park, and to the north is Cathedral Heights.

Local claims to fame include several embassies, including the sprawling Russian embassy (with its legendary tunnels beneath) and the Visa Office of the Chinese embassy. Among the popular restaurants along Wisconsin Avenue are Rocklands (BBQ), Bourbon, Ceviche, Heritage India, Surfside and Town Hall. Wisconsin Avenue also offers a number of other businesses, including a Whole Foods grocery store, Pearson's wine store, and Glover Park Hardware. Guy Mason Park is between Wisconsin Avenue and the U.S. Naval Observatory just south of Calvert Street, and is the location of a softball diamond, a playground for small children, and an unofficial enclosed dog park.

Housing in Glover Park is a mix of apartment buildings and porch-front row houses built in the 1920s and 1930s. The neighborhood’s elementary school, Benjamin Stoddert Elementary, is one of the most highly-rated schools in the District. Glover Park has one of the lowest crime rates and one of the youngest populations in the District. Glover Park residents harvest crops from small, individual garden plots in the two Victory gardens leased from the National Park Service. On the field adjacent to Stoddert Elementary, Glover Park has hosted the [http://www.gloverparksoftball.com Glover Park Co-ed Softball League] , one of the Washington Metropolitan Area's most well-known co-ed slow pitch softball leagues, since 1982. The DC Stoddert Soccer League was founded on this field and takes its name from it.

The neighborhood is named for Washingtonian Charles Glover, an influential late 19th and early 20th century banker and philanthropist. He is credited with the creation of the city's Rock Creek Park system and with an influential role in the creation of Embassy Row through generous land donations. He is also considered the father of the National Zoo and Rock Creek Parkway.

The family of Charles Glover pronounces their last name so that it rhymes with "cover." However, many people in Washington, including long time residents, newcomers and even WMATA, pronounce the name so it rhymes with "clover." [http://www.gloverpark.org/gloverpark.php]

Education

The local public schools are operated by the District of Columbia Public Schools.

The area is zoned to:
* [http://www.stoddert.org/ Stoddert Elementary School] (located in Glover Park)
*Hardy Middle School
*Woodrow Wilson High School

ee also

* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/12/AR2007101200964.html/ Washington Post] profile, Oct. 13, 2007

* [http://www.GloverParkDC.com/ Glover Park Neighborhood Website]

* [http://www.gpcadc.org/ Glover Park Citizens Association]

List of neighborhoods of the District of Columbia by ward

Holy Rood Cemetery

External links

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* [http://www.gloverpark.org/ Glover Park]

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