Berkley, a sylvan  enclave, in Upper NW Washington.

    Tell someone you live in the Washington neighborhood known as Berkley and odds are that they -- even if they are long-time residents of the nation's capital -- very likely will have no idea where you live.
     But as you describe exactly where Berkley is located, the reaction you're likely to encounter is: "Oooo, so that's what that neighborhod is called." 
     Here elegant, gracious homes from a bygone era mix with more recent custom built homes.
     Often Berkley is confused with Wesley Heights, another posh neighborhood adjacent to Berkley's northern boundary. The confusion is understandable as both areas lay claim to multi-million-dollar homes sited on lushly landscaped settings. 
    Berkley is located just north of the more well-known Foxhall neighborhood and southeast of the much-coveted Palisades enclave. 
    It is surrounded by parkland, nestled between Battery Kemble Park, Wesley Heights Park and Glover Park. 
    Berkley's general boundaries include Edmunds Street (and Wesley Heights Park) to the north, Reservoir Road to the south, MacArthur Boulevard (and Battery Kemble Park) to the west and Glover Park to the east.   
     But Berkley also includes a pocket of homes south of Reservoir Road sandwiched between Foxhall Road and MacArthur Blvd. This area of Berkley is often mistaken for Foxhall or even Palisades. Here one can find less expensive semi-detached homes, as well as a townhouse-style condominium known as "The Strand," which overlooks the Georgetown Reservoir.
    While Colonials seem to dominate Berkley, Victorians, impressive Contemporaries, and even a few Cape Cods dot the landscape too.
     At the neighborhood's southern end are the German Embassy; Mount Vernon College, a 23-acre women's college that in recent years was taken over by George Washington University; and a small development known as Colony Hill. 
      Located east of Foxhall Road and north of Reservoir Road, Colony Hill was constructed in the 1930s by architects Boss & Phelps, the original architects of Foxhall Village. The 43 detached houses that comprise the three-street development are modest Colonial and Georgian-style homes.  
     A more recent development known as Foxhall Crescents (named after the street on which it is located) touts homes with Beaux Arts-inspired exteriors that have a European flair all their own. Located to the west of Foxhall Road, these properties were built in the early-to-mid1980s.
     Berkley also is home to the Kreeger Museum, which showcases a formidable collection of modern art, as well as several private schools. Among these are The Lab School of Washington, Rock Creek International School, and the Georgetown Day School. 
     Berkley soon will have a few new residents as the Mayor's official residence is under development at 1801 Foxhall Road. This Georgian mansion sited on 17 acres was a gift donated by Betty Brown Casey, the widow of Montgomery County (Maryland) real estate developer Eugene B. Casey.     
     Additionally, the Field School, a private co-educational middle and high school now located in Kalorama, is in the process of relocating to the neighborhood. The school's new campus will be located on Foxhall Road across the street from Mount Vernon College in the famous Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz estate -- once known as the finest example of Art Deco residential construction in Washington, DC. 



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