Denise Champion

Welcome to 16th Street Heights located mid center of the District of Columbia in Ward 4 This is one of our most sought after neigborhoods! Borders Crestwood to the West, Columbia Heights to the South, Brightwood to the North and Petworth to the East, 16th Street Heights stands out from these neighborhoods immediately in appearance! Should be classified as an historic community based on the fact, that most homes where built between 1890 to 1930, if you stroll through the blocks you can identify some homes with barns and addition to country lanes. Most of the homes have large front porches and sit on over 5,000 square foot lots, the neighborhood includes row homes, semi detached homes recently selling upwards of a million dollars, our detached homes can sell between six hundred for fixer uppers to 1.4 million for full renovations, we have a handful of rental buildings and cooperative apartments buildings!The main anchor of 16th Street Heights is "Carter Baron" the playground of Rock Creek Park; soccer, tennis , John Fitzgerald Tennis Center (which hosts the yearly Citi Open Tennis matches), baseball. walking, jogging, exercise stations and Amphitheatre housed in it's center and in the past used for all kinds of music venues, plays & more. At one time, this was considered the Summer Home neighborhood of early Washington with the Horse & Buggy Turn Around now used as the bus turn around @ 14th & Colorado Ave. The neighborhood has a mix of housing stock, Colonials, Victorians, Bungalows & a few Tudors & Embassy Homes. Washingtonians have named it the" Gold Coast". It is also known as the "Avenue of the Churches" at any given point you might see the Buddhists Monks playing their instrument as they walk through the neighborhood, along with a recent influx of walkers, baby strollers, joggers and dogs. We also house several private schools:Kingsbury Center that structure was built in 1845, pending The LAMB School (Latin American Montessori Bilingual School) Jewish Day School, Parkmont School & West Elementary. More recently we have additional amenties; Morelands Tavern @ 14th & Colorado a family styled bar! Highlands Caf~ make this one your hangout for coffee & thoughtful prepared food or pick up your dinner on the way home, Las Placitas located from Capitol Hill as their 2nd venue! Or order the best wings ever or pizza from La Villa all on 14th & Decatur! Bike share & Farmer's Market! You'll find yourself at home!1527 Farragut is a unique blend of "yesterday & today"almost taking up 1/3 of the block it looks like a Mediterranean home or a home relocated from South Beach! Sitting on a parcel of 10,000 sq ft with approx. 5,000 interior space not your standard cookie cutter home. Filled with surprises converted to a modern home with contemporary flair but definitely not boxy... re invented for the artist in you! 2 story great room, deck, master en suite, game room, exercise room, 3rd floor bonus plus au pair suite "could be in the pages of Architectural Digest" just 4 miles North of Downtown DC! Country or City the Best of both worlds!