Hawthorne (Washington, D.C.)

Map of Washington, D.C., with Hawthorne highlighted in red

Hawthorne is a neighborhood of 308 single family homes in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C..^[1] "According to neighborhood lore," the subdivision was named for the hawthorn trees once abundant in the area.^[1] The neighborhood borders Montgomery County, Maryland, and is bounded by Pinehurst Tributary to the south, Western Avenue to the northwest, and Rock Creek Park to the east.^[1]

This neighborhood was originally inhabited by wealthy African Americans, mostly doctors, lawyers, and professors. Most of these families were alumni and faculty of Howard University from 1969 to about 2005. Hawthorne is entirely residential, with no commercial zoning, and is occupied by 1940s-era large split-level and rambler houses on very large parcels. The neighborhood is suburban, separated from the roar of life in the nation's capital.

The area is part of the Chevy Chase Citizens Association and residents consider themselves residents of Chevy Chase.^[1] The neighborhood is known for its abundance of mature trees and green space.^[1]^[2] Most of the neighborhood's housing stock was built in the 1940s.^[1] Ranch-style and split-level homes predominate, although there are some Colonial, Cape Cod, and modern-style homes.^[1]

Hawthorne students are zoned to Lafayette Elementary School, Alice Deal Middle School, and Woodrow Wilson High School.^[1]

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Amy Reinink, The District's Hawthorne neighborhood an enclave of trees and safety, Washington Post (December 20, 2013).
↑ Robbie Feinberg & John Hines, Door To Door: Arlington Ridge, Va. and Hawthorne, D.C., WAMU (May 10, 2013).

Ridgewood Village, Chevy Chase, Maryland

Rock Creek Gardens

Pinehurst Village, Chevy Chase, Maryland

Rock Creek Park

Hawthorne

Barnaby Woods

Neighborhoods in Washington, D.C.

Ward 1	Adams Morgan Columbia Heights Kalorama LeDroit Park Mount Pleasant Park View Pleasant Plains Shaw Woodley Park

Ward 2	Burleith Chinatown Downtown Dupont Circle Foggy Bottom Georgetown Kalorama Logan Circle Mount Vernon Square Penn Quarter Shaw Southwest Federal Center West End

Ward 3	American University Park Berkley Cathedral Heights Chevy Chase Cleveland Park Colony Hill Forest Hills Foxhall Friendship Heights Glover Park Kent Massachusetts Heights McLean Gardens North Cleveland Park Observatory Circle The Palisades Potomac Heights Spring Valley Tenleytown Wakefield Wesley Heights Woodland Normanstone Woodley Park

Ward 4	Barnaby Woods Brightwood Brightwood Park Chevy Chase Colonial Village Crestwood Fort Stevens Ridge Fort Totten Hawthorne Manor Park North Portal Estates Petworth Queens Chapel Riggs Park Shepherd Park Sixteenth Street Heights Takoma

Ward 5	Arboretum Bloomingdale Brentwood Brookland Carver Langston Eckington Edgewood Fort Lincoln Fort Totten Gateway Ivy City Langdon Michigan Park North Michigan Park Pleasant Hill Queens Chapel Stronghold-Metropolis View Trinidad Truxton Circle Woodridge

Ward 6	Barney Circle Capitol Hill Judiciary Square Kingman Park Mount Vernon Triangle Navy Yard Near Northeast NoMa Southwest Waterfront Sursum Corda Swampoodle

Ward 7	Benning Benning Heights Benning Ridge Burrville Capitol View Central Northeast Civic Betterment Deanwood Dupont Park East River Heights Eastland Gardens Fairfax Village Fairlawn Fort Davis Fort Dupont Good Hope Greenway Hillbrook Hillcrest Kenilworth Kingman Park Lincoln Heights Marshall Heights Mayfair Naylor Gardens Penn Branch Randle Highlands River Terrace Twining

Ward 8	Anacostia Barry Farm Bellevue Buena Vista Congress Heights Douglass Fairlawn Garfield Heights Knox Hill Shipley Terrace Skyland Washington Highlands Woodland

Coordinates: 38°58′48″N 77°03′17″W / 38.98°N 77.0547°W / 38.98; -77.0547

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