The Forest Hills neighborhood is set within a heavily treed,
rolling landscape adjoining Rock Creek Park and was first home to
the Piscataway Indian tribe and later to Civil War encampments.
Threshing mills and large rural estates gradually gave way in the
early 1900s to a residential community in close proximity to the
National Bureau of Standards where many of the residents worked.
Diplomats, politicians, and many prominent Washingtonians now
inhabit many of the splendidly designed houses found in Forest
Hills today. 0Images of America: Forest Hills includes nearly 200
vintage images that document the long and fascinating history of
the community. Etchings, maps, and photographs combine to
illustrate Native American settlers; architect-designed residences;
and the homes of Presidents Truman and Johnson, infamous FBI
director J. Edgar Hoover, and Post cereal heiress Marjorie
Merriweather Post. The book also highlights Connecticut Avenue, the
neighborhood's main street; apartment buildings; and well-known
artists and authors who have called Forest Hills home.
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