March 2022
Columbia Heights: TownCenter
Boundries:
Northern: Columbia Pike, Southern: S. 16th Street, Western: S. Walter Reed Drive, Eastern: S. Rolfe Street
1730: James Robertson acquired 629 acres some of which is now Columbia Heights
1900: This area was part of the Buckley Estate and consisted of small farms.
1939: Construction begain on the largest development within Columbia Heights Neighborhood which is Arlington Village.
History
Arlington Village is built on 53 acres of land. It is located between South Edgewood, Barton, 16th streets and Columbia Pike and is part of the Columbia Heights Neighborhood. The Arlington Village two level shopping center faces Columbia Pike. More photographs and information on the Arlington Village page.
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Pike ParkFarmers Market, Pike Park Farmers Market, Pike ParkFarmers Market, Pike Park Farmers Market, Pike ParkFarmers Market, Pike Park
Million Dollar Bus StopMillion Dollar Bus Stop
The bus stop next to Pike Park cost a million dollars and caused quite a stir when it was built, which in turn lead to the eventual cancellation of the Columbia Pike Street Car. Washington Post
Cleveland Park
Selina Gray Square photo above from Arlington County
Text from Plaque
Selina Norris lived at Arlington House and served as the personal maid and later head housekeeper for Mary Custis Lee. Norris was the second generation of her family to be enslaved by the Lee family, as were her children until their emancipation when the Civil War ended. Although marriages between enslaved people were not recognized legally, Mrs. Lee organized the wedding of Selina Norris to free man Thornton Gray in the same room in Arlington House where Mrs. Lee had married Robert E. Lee. click here to view complete text
