
Colonial Village is an area in
northwest
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Washington, D.C., built in 1931 with 80 residences. The homes are reproductions of
colonial
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buildings, such as the
Moore House, where
General Charles Cornwallis surrendered at
Yorktown.
[''Historical Dictionary of Washington, Part 3'' (eds. Robert Benedetto, Jane Donovan & Kathleen Du Vall (Scarecrow Press, 2003), pp. 192-93.] The community was mostly Protestant, in contrast to the nearby 220-house
North Portal Estates, which was a mostly Jewish neighborhood.
When the community was first constructed in 1931, the neighborhood was exclusively populated by white Protestants as black and Jewish people were prohibited from living in Colonial Village. The land on which Colonial Village lies on, was once the 145 acre plantation of slaveowner Phillip Fenwick.
After the mid-20th century, both Colonial Village and North Portal Estates became part of
Shepherd Park.
See also
*
White Anglo-Saxon Protestants
Notes
1931 establishments in Washington, D.C.
Neighborhoods in Northwest (Washington, D.C.)
Protestantism in Washington, D.C.
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