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Dumbarton Oaks Park

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Dumbarton Oaks Park
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Dumbarton Park Bridge
Location	R Street, N.W.,Washington, District of Columbia
Coordinates	38°54′55″N77°3′44″WCoordinates: 38°54′55″N 77°3′44″W
Area	27 acres
Built	1932
Architect	Beatrix Farrand and James Berrall
Governing body	National Park Service
NRHP Reference #	67000028 [1]
Added to NRHP	May 28, 1967

The Dumbarton Oaks Park is a public park, located in the 3100 block of R Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Georgetown neighborhood. Access is via Lovers' Lane from R Street, east of 32nd Street. It is located near Dumbarton Oaks, Montrose Park, and Oak Hill Cemetery. It is part of the Georgetown Historic District.^[2]

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• 1 History
• 2 See also
• 3 References
• 4 External links

History[edit]

Robert Woods Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased the Dumbarton Oaks estate in 1920, and established the garden.^[3] The park is a naturalistic streamside garden area of 27 acres, beyond the 10 acre formal garden, designed by Beatrix Farrand.^[4] In 1940, the Blisses gifted Dumbarton Oaks Park to the National Park Service, turning over creative control and upkeep of the plantings located there.^[5] In 1998 and 1999, Student Conservation Association groups restored the south stream path.^[2]Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy has been formed to provide restoration.^[6]

See also[edit]

• Rock Creek Park

References[edit]

1. Jump up^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
2. ^ Jump up to:^a b National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. National Park Service.
3. Jump up^ Montrose & Dumbarton Parks. National Park Service.
4. Jump up^ Park History. Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy.
5. Jump up^ About Dumbarton Oaks Park. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection.
6. Jump up^ Jacobson, Louis (October 5, 2011). "Saving a storied garden". Princeton Alumni Weekly.