Wesley Heights
[4][5] John Waggaman and Charles C. Glover played instrumental roles in the selection and purchase of the site of the soon to be Methodist-affiliated American University just north of Newark Street.[7] By 1908, John Waggaman estate had filed for bankruptcy and Charles Glover was summoned to court to give testimony; the vast majority of Wesley Heights had been mortgaged to the hilt and there was suspicion that John Waggaman and Charles Glover had benefited from nefarious activities pertaining to the financing and acquisition of Wesley Heights and other large land developments in Washington, D.C.[8] For years after the bankruptcy, Wesley Heights was neglected, and was mostly occupied by Charles Glover's grand estate, Westover, and a few homes that were developed by John Waggaman.Miller began constructing homes in Wesley Heights, and also in the neighboring communities of Spring Valley and American University Park.One deed from December 1928 stated that properties in Wesley Heights "shall not be sold to any person of the Semitic race, blood or origin which racial description can be deemed to include Jews, Hebrews, Armenians, Persians and Syrians.According to Kate Field: "Whoever stands on the broad piazza of Mr. and Mrs. C.C Glover's country home, "Westover", on Wesley Heights, has a view that vividly recalls the neighborhood of Richmond, England.
Wesley Heights Historic DistrictNeighborhood of Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C.United StatesMatthew FruminSpring ValleyCharles C. GloverMassachusetts AvenueNebraska AvenueFoxhallAdvisory Neighborhood CommissionJohn ThrelkeldW.C. and A.N. MillerAmerican University Parkplanned communitiesshuttleWisconsin Avenuestreetcar1968 Fair Housing Actracial covenantsKate FieldRichmondBlue RidgePotomacthe monumentmalariaThe Washington PostWashington Jewish WeekNeighborhoodsAdams MorganColumbia HeightsKalorama TriangleLanier HeightsLeDroit ParkMeridian HillMount PleasantPark ViewPleasant PlainsU Street Corridor (Cardozo/Shaw)Woodley ParkBurleithChinatownDowntownDupont CircleFoggy BottomGeorgetownSheridan-KaloramaLogan CircleMount Vernon SquarePenn QuarterSouthwest Federal CenterWest EndBerkleyCathedral HeightsChevy ChaseCleveland ParkColony HillForest HillsFriendship HeightsGlover ParkMassachusetts HeightsMcLean GardensNorth Cleveland ParkObservatory CircleThe PalisadesPotomac HeightsTenleytownWakefieldWoodland NormanstoneBarnaby WoodsBrightwoodBrightwood ParkColonial VillageCrestwoodFort Stevens RidgeFort TottenHawthorneManor ParkNorth Portal EstatesPetworthQueens ChapelRiggs ParkShepherd ParkSixteenth Street HeightsTakomaArboretumBloomingdaleBrentwoodBrooklandCarver LangstonEckingtonEdgewoodFort LincolnGatewayIvy CityLangdonMichigan ParkNorth Michigan ParkPleasant HillStronghold-Metropolis ViewTrinidadTruxton CircleWoodridgeBarney CircleCapitol HillJudiciary SquareMount Vernon TriangleNear NortheastSouthwest WaterfrontSursum CordaSwampoodleBenningBenning HeightsBenning RidgeBurrvilleCapitol ViewCentral NortheastCivic BettermentDeanwoodDupont ParkEast River HeightsEastland GardensFairfax VillageFort DavisFort DupontFort Stanton