Potomac Heights

Potomac Heights is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C. (northwest) Washington, D.C., overlooking the Potomac River from MacArthur Boulevard westward. Potomac Heights is bounded to the north by Loughboro Road and to the south by Chain Bridge and Arizona Avenue NW. It is part of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3D in Ward 3, the far northwest corner of the Northwest Quadrant just north of Georgetown. In June 1909, the Potomac Heights Land Co. (based in N.C.) acquired 75 acres (300,000 m) previously known as the Athletic Park tract at the reported cost of $1000 an acre. The tract extends parallel with and between Conduit Road and the Potomac. It is divided by the Washington Railway and Electric Company and ran from Georgetown to Glen Echo...