The first map of Woodley Park, called Kervand's Woodley, and dated 1875, shows Woodley Lane (now called Woodley Road) as the only road through the area and the heart of the new subdivision. As recently as 1887, Woodley lane was described as "a country road winding its way down the hillside, crossing the creek on wooden bridges a few feet above the level of the stream, thus making the difficult and circuitous ascent to the greater elevation of the Tennallytown Pike" (now called Wisconsin Avenue). An iron truss bridge was built over Rock Creek at Woodley Lane in 1888-1889.
You can still trace the path of old Woodley lane. From Rock Creek walk up the hill on what is now Shorham Lane, up 24th Street to Connecticut Avenue, go north for half a block on Connecticut to Woodley Road, left on Woodley Road to 29th, then right on 29th to Cathedral Avenue. The old Woodley Lane continued up what is now Cathedral Avenue and turned left to go in front of "Woodley" (now the Maret School). Today Cathedral curves again to the right by the current west gate to Maret, and continues on what is still called Woodley Road, before making the ascent to Wisconsin Avenue.
The small triangle of land at the corner of Woodley Road and 29th Street was formed when the rectangular street system was imposed over a bend in the original Woodley Lane.
The Woodley Park call boxes were developed by the Woodley Park Community Association as part of Art on Call, a program of Cultural Tourism DC with support from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, and the District Department of Transportation. Local support for this call box was provided by the Woodley Park Community Association and Shapiro & Company LLC.Visit www.woodleypark.org for map and more information.
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