Brookland, Washington, D.C.
| Brookland | |
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| Neighborhood of Washington, D.C. | |
 Brookland within the District of Columbia |
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| Coordinates: 38°55′39″N 76°59′24″W / 38.9275°N 76.99°WCoordinates: 38°55′39″N 76°59′24″W / 38.9275°N 76.99°W | |
| Country | United States |
| District | Washington, D.C. |
| Ward | Ward 5 |
| Government | |
| • Councilmember | Kenyan McDuffie |
Brookland is a neighborhood in the Northeast quadrant of Washington, D.C., historically centered along 12th Street NE. Brookland is bounded by Michigan Avenue to the north, Rhode Island Avenue NE to the south, South Dakota Avenue to the east, and the tracks for the Red Line of the Washington Metro to the west. The western boundary originates with the establishment of the former Metropolitan Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1873, creating the physical barrier which continues to separate Brookland from Edgewood to the west today.
Brookland is served by the Brookland–CUA station on the Red Line of the Washington Metro.
In 1632 the English successfully claimed the land from the Algonquin-speaking Indians who inhabited the region and King Charles I of England in turn granted the land, which was to become the state of Maryland, to George Calvert, whose interest in the colony lay in "the sacred duty of finding a refuge for his Roman Catholic brethren."
Colonel Jehiel Brooks married into the land when he married Ann Margaret Queen, daughter of Nicholas Queen, and they received a 150-acre estate.
For most of the 19th century the area was farmland owned by the prominent Middleton and Queen families. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad later connected this portion of Washington County to downtown. Bellair, the 1840 brick Greek Revival mansion built by Colonel Jehiel Brooks, still stands. It is referred to as Brooks Mansion. It is the site of offices and production facilities for the Public Access Corporation of the District of Columbia, the city's Government-access television (GAVT) channel known as DCTV.
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