Rock Creek Childrens Center

Rock Creek Childrens Center is a building in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic. Rock Creek Childrens Center is situated nearby to the synagogue Ohev Sholom Congregation, as well as near Lowell School.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ohev Sholom Congregation and Lowell School.

Ohev Sholom Congregation

Synagogue

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Ohev Sholom Congregation is the oldest Orthodox synagogue in the Shepherd Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States. The synagogue was formed from the merger of two synagogues, Ohev Sholom and Talmud Torah. Ohev Sholom Congregation is situated 510 feet south of Rock Creek Childrens Center.

Lowell School

School

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Lowell School is an independent, diverse, co-educational preschool through 8th grade school located in the Colonial Village neighborhood near Shepherd Park Washington, D.C. The school was founded by Judith Grant and Susan Semple in 1965 during the Civil Rights Movement on the educational philosophies of Haim Ginott, Jean Piaget, Maria Montessori, John Dewey, and Friedrich Fröbel. Lowell School is situated 520 feet west of Rock Creek Childrens Center.

Silver Spring station

Railway station

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Silver Spring station is a former train station on the Metropolitan Subdivision in Silver Spring in Montgomery County, Maryland. It was built in 1945 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on the foundation of a previous station, a Victorian-style brick structure built in 1878. Silver Spring station is situated 3,300 feet northeast of Rock Creek Childrens Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colonial Village and Shepherd Park.

Colonial Village

Neighborhood

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Colonial Village is an area in northwest Washington, D.C., built in 1931 with 80 residences. The homes are reproductions of colonial buildings, such as the Moore House, where General Charles Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown.

Shepherd Park

Neighborhood

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Shepherd Park is a neighborhood in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. In the years following World War II, restrictive covenants which had prevented Jews and African Americans from purchasing homes in the neighborhood were no longer enforced, and the neighborhood became largely Jewish and African American.

Rock Creek Gardens

Neighborhood

Rock Creek Gardens is an affluent residential condominium neighborhood in Northwest, Washington, D.C.. It is bounded by West Beach Drive to the east and northeast, Parkside Drive to the south and southwest, and Rock Creek Park to the northeast.

Rock Creek Childrens Center

Type: Building
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.9853° or 38° 59′ 7″ north

Longitude

-77.0369° or 77° 2′ 13″ west

Elevation

240 feet (73 metres)

Open location code

87C4XXP7+46

GeoNames ID

7197263

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