Colony Hill is a small neighborhood located in the southwest corner of
Glover Archbold Park in
Northwest
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Washington, D.C.
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It is bounded on the north and east by the park, on the south by Reservoir Road NW, and on the west by Foxhall Road NW. Colony Hill falls within
Ward 3.
Developed in the 1930s, Colony Hill has been a designated
historic district
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since 2021.
Colony Hill is purely residential, and consists of only three streets: Foxhall Road, Hoban Road, 45th Street NW, and Hadfield Lane, which are bordered by Glover Archbold, Reservoir Road and Foxhall Road.
It belongs within the 20007
zip code.
References
District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites
Neighborhoods in Northwest (Washington, D.C.)
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