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Woodley Lane (later Woodley Road) in Washington, D.C., was named after the Woodley Mansion. [12] The Woodley Society, founded at Maret in 1993, is an association of students, faculty, and alumni that studies the house's history. [1] In 2008, the group's leader, historian Allerton Kilborne, published a book about Woodley. [2]
Woodley has housed many political elites from President Grover Cleveland to World War II Secretary of War Henry Stimson. Nowadays Woodley House serves as the library and administrative building of the Maret School. The Woodley Park Community Association was established to support the in-town neighborhood quality of life in Woodley Park.
In 1790, locals began calling the neighborhood "Tennally's Town" after area tavern owner John Tennally. Over time, the spelling has evolved and by the 19th century the area was commonly known by its current name, although the spelling Tennallytown continued to be used for some time in certain capacities, [ 1 ] including streetcars through the ...
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An old west town. That’s right, the 24,888-square-foot mega mansion — that’s listed for $8.95 million — has its very own wild, wild west town that takes up an entire wing of the home ...
The hulking, two-story mansion — located on a 10-acre property in Sparta, a leafy enclave 50 miles west of New York City — encircles a spacious backyard patio with an amoeba-shaped pool.
The Washington Marriott Wardman Park was a hotel on Connecticut Avenue next to the Woodley Park station of the Washington Metro in the Woodley Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The hotel had 1,152 rooms, 195,000 square feet (18,100 m 2) of event space, and 95,000 square feet (8,800 m 2) of exhibit space. It opened in 1918 and closed in 2020.
Hayes Mansion - San Jose, a Curio Collection by Hilton: San Jose, California: Mary Hayes Chynoweth [142] JMA Ventures [143] 1905: Mediterranean Revival: George Page: 78 (tie) 41,000 sq ft (3,800 m 2) [144] NYIT de Seversky Mansion: Old Westbury, New York: Alfred I. du Pont [145] New York Institute of Technology [146] 1918: Georgian Revival ...