Bellevue (Washington, D.C.)
| Bellevue | |
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| Neighborhood | |
 Bellevue within the District of Columbia |
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| Coordinates: 38°49′39″N 77°00′33″W / 38.827595°N 77.009175°WCoordinates: 38°49′39″N 77°00′33″W / 38.827595°N 77.009175°W | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | Washington, D.C. |
| Constructed | 1795 |
Bellevue is a residential neighborhood in far Southwest in Washington, D.C., in the United States. It is bounded by South Capitol Street, a block of Atlantic Street SE, and 1st Street SE and SW to the north and east; Joliet Street SW and Oxon Run Parkway to the south; Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue SE, Shepherd Parkway, 2nd Street SW, and Xenia Street SW to the west. Bellevue was created from some of the earliest land patents in Maryland, and draws its name from a 1795 mansion built in the area. Subdivisions began in the 1870s, but extensive residential building did not occur until the early 1940s. Bellevue is adjacent to a number of federal and city agency buildings.
On June 20, 1632 Charles I of England (ignoring Native American land claims) gave 12,000,000 acres (49,000 km2) of land covering most of what is now the modern U.S. state of Maryland to Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore as a proprietary colony. The charter had originally been granted to Calvert's father, George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, but the 1st Baron Baltimore died before it could be executed, so it was granted to his son instead. On September 4, 1663, a land patent was issued to Thomas Dent, Sr. for a tract known as "Gisbrough". This tract was roughly in the area that is now Joint Base Anacostia–Bolling between Malcolm X Avenue SE/MacDill Boulevard SE and Giavannoli Street SW, the northern end of Bellevue, and the southern end of Congress Heights. On September 7, a land patent was issued to William Middleton for a tract known as "Berry". This smaller tract covered what is now the southern end of Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling and the southern part of Bellevue.
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